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nihoa

/niːˈhoʊ.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables
ni-hoa
IPA
/niːˈhoʊ.ə/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Etymology

From Hawaiian Nīhoa.

Word Breakdown

Questions

How do you pronounce nihoa?
The recorded pronunciation is /niːˈhoʊ.ə/.
What does nihoa mean?
The tallest of ten islands and atolls in the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
Where does nihoa come from?
From Hawaiian Nīhoa.

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