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mabolo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
mabo-lo
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros blancoi) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies.

noun

The edible fruit of this tree.

name

A barangay of Cebu City, Cebu, Philippines.

Etymology

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish mabolo, from Tagalog mabulo.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

mabolos (plural)

Questions

What does mabolo mean?
A kind of persimmon tree (Diospyros blancoi) from the Philippine Islands, now introduced into the East and West Indies.
Where does mabolo come from?
Borrowed from Philippine Spanish mabolo, from Tagalog mabulo.

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