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olduvai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English

Syllables
oldu-vai
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ellipsis of Olduvai Gorge.

name

Ellipsis of Olduvai hominid.

name

Ellipsis of Olduvai technology (“Oldowan”).

Etymology

From Maasai Olduvai (“the place of the wild sisal Sansevieria ehrenbergii”).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Oldupai (alternative)

Derived Forms

Oldowan

Questions

What does olduvai mean?
Ellipsis of Olduvai Gorge.
Where does olduvai come from?
From Maasai Olduvai (“the place of the wild sisal Sansevieria ehrenbergii”).

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