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nakagawa

/nɑkɑɡˈɑwə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables
nak-a-gawa
IPA
/nɑkɑɡˈɑwə/
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 中川 (Nakagawa).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Nakagawas (plural)

Rhymes With

okinawa kagawa ozawa kurosawa hasegawa oshawa kanazawa kawa mahwah hosokawa furukawa yoshikawa

Questions

How do you pronounce nakagawa?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɑkɑɡˈɑwə/.
What does nakagawa mean?
A surname from Japanese.
Where does nakagawa come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce nakagawa

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