Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

michoacan

/mɪtʃˈoʊkən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.15 in modern English

Syllables: mi-choa-can
IPA: /mɪtʃˈoʊkən/

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Michoacán; a state of Mexico.

Example Sentences

"Villegas Gonzalez left his hometown of Irimbo, in Mexico's Michoacan state, 18 years ago for the U.S. and worked as a cook in Chicago, his older brother Jorge Villegas Gonzalez told Reuters."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Michoacán, from Classical Nahuatl Michhuahcan (“place of fish”).

Word Breakdown

Root: Michhuahcan

Rhymes With

broken spoken token woken outspoken unbroken unspoken loken misspoken kokan koken softspoken

Questions

How do you pronounce michoacan?: The recorded pronunciation is /mɪtʃˈoʊkən/.
What does michoacan mean?: Alternative form of Michoacán; a state of Mexico.
Where does michoacan come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Michoacán, from Classical Nahuatl Michhuahcan (“place of fish”).

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