Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ordzhonikidze

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: or-dzhonikidze
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Vladikavkaz: the capital city of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.

name

Former name of Pokrov: a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine.

Etymology

From Russian Орджоники́дзе (Ordžonikídze).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Орджоники́дзе

Questions

What does ordzhonikidze mean?: Former name of Vladikavkaz: the capital city of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia.
Where does ordzhonikidze come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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