Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ondo

/ˈɔndoʊ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables: on-do
IPA: /ˈɔndoʊ/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Hungarian.

name

A state of Nigeria in the South West geopolitical zone. Capital and largest city: Akure.

name

A city in Ondo State, Nigeria.

name

A historical kingdom in Nigeria.

name

A dialect of Yoruba spoken in Ondo State.

noun

People of Ondo City, Ondo State, and/or Ondo Kingdom, collectively.

Uncountable

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Ondo City, Ondo State, Ondo Kingdom, their people or their cultures.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to the Ondo dialect of Yoruba.

Etymology

Borrowed * either from Basque ondo (“deep valley, ravine, gully”), * or from Hungarian Ondó, from the given name Ond + -ó (archaic diminutive), hence unrelated to ondó (“semen”).

Origin

Source language: Hungarian

Word Breakdown

Root: ondo, Ondó, Òǹdó

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Ondos (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce ondo?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɔndoʊ/.
What does ondo mean?: A surname from Hungarian.
Where does ondo come from?: It is traced to Hungarian.

How to pronounce ondo

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