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nikolai

/nˈɪkoʊlˌaɪ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English

Syllables
niko-lai
IPA
/nˈɪkoʊlˌaɪ/
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Alaska.

name

A transliteration of the Russian male given name Николай (Nikolaj), equivalent to Nicholas.

Questions

How do you pronounce nikolai?
The recorded pronunciation is /nˈɪkoʊlˌaɪ/.
What does nikolai mean?
A city in Alaska.

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