Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

manzanar

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.75 in modern English

Syllables: man-za-nar
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The historic site of a former World War II Japanese-American incarceration camp, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California's Owens Valley.

Derived Forms

Manzanite

Questions

What does manzanar mean?: The historic site of a former World War II Japanese-American incarceration camp, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California's Owens Valley.

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