Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

oulu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: oulu
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland.

name

A town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Oulu in Finland.

name

A lake in northern Finland.

Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish Oulu.

Synonyms

Oulujarvi Cajania

Questions

What does oulu mean?: A municipality, the capital city of North Ostrobothnia, Finland.
Where does oulu come from?: Borrowed from Finnish Oulu.

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