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nishikawa

/niʃikˈɑwə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables
nishikawa
IPA
/niʃikˈɑwə/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 西川 (Nishikawa).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Nishikawas (plural)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

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

How to pronounce nishikawa

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/niʃikˈɑwə/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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