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o'young

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables
o'y-oung
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Cantonese.

Etymology

Phono-semantic matching from Cantonese 歐陽／欧阳 (au1 joeng4).

Inflected Forms

O'Youngs (plural) Oyoung (alternative) O. Young (alternative) O Young (alternative) O-Young (alternative) Auyeung (alternative) Ouyeung (alternative) Auyoung (alternative) Ouyoung (alternative) Auyong (alternative) Ouyong (alternative) Oyeung (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

O' Young

Questions

What does o'young mean?
A surname from Cantonese.
Where does o'young come from?
Phono-semantic matching from Cantonese 歐陽／欧阳 (au1 joeng4).

How to pronounce o'young

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