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misamis oriental

/mɪˌsa.mɪs ʔoɾ.jɛnˈtal/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.58 in modern English

Syllables
mis-amis ori-en-tal
IPA
/mɪˌsa.mɪs ʔoɾ.jɛnˈtal/
19
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province of Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Cagayan de Oro.

Etymology

From Spanish Misamis Oriental, from Misamis + oriental (“eastern”).

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Questions

How do you pronounce misamis oriental?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɪˌsa.mɪs ʔoɾ.jɛnˈtal/.
What does misamis oriental mean?
A province of Northern Mindanao, Mindanao, Philippines. Capital and largest city: Cagayan de Oro.
Where does misamis oriental come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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