Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ostrovsky

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English

Syllables: os-tro-vsky
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Russian.

Etymology

Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian and Jewish surname, borrowed from Островский (Ostrovskij). Compare Ostrowsky.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Ostrovskys (plural)

Questions

What does ostrovsky mean?: A surname from Russian.
Where does ostrovsky come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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