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minato

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
mi-na-to
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Chiyoda, Shinagawa, Shibuya, and Shinjuku special wards as well as Tokyo Bay.

name

A ward of Osaka, Japan.

name

A ward of Nagoya, Japan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 港(みなと) (Minato).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does minato mean?
A special ward of Tokyo prefecture, Japan that is surrounded by (clockwise from north) Chiyoda, Shinagawa, Shibuya, and Shinjuku special wards as well as Tokyo Bay.
Where does minato come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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