mollywood
/ˈmɑ.li.wʊd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.42 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In defence it may be argued that Tamil cinema styles itself Mollywood anyway (Madras + Hollywood), but here again the city's name has also been changed to Chennai."
- "Having honed their craft in Mollywood, they have been lured to Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh where the moolah is a lot more attractive and the audience base a whole lot bigger."
- "India is home to numerous regionally identified film centres — including Tollywood (Telegu Cinema) and Mollywood (Malayalam Cinema) — which interact with each other at several levels."
- "Faller has said that he sees this version of Pride and Prejudice as an example of a Mollywood film or, in other words, a "Mormon chick flick";"
- "The comedies that came out of Mollywood in the 2000s can be almost excluseively associated with HaleStorm Entertainment, based in Provo, Utah."
- "Mollywood is not an official Church institution, although the Church has been using film as a tool for religious education since the early twentieth century."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɑ.li.wʊd/
- British English: /ˈmɒ.li.wʊd/