Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

outer borough

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.69 in modern English

Syllables: out-er bor-ough
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of the boroughs of New York City excluding Manhattan (the boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island).

Etymology

outer + borough

Inflected Forms

outer boroughs (plural)

Questions

What does outer borough mean?: One of the boroughs of New York City excluding Manhattan (the boroughs of the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island).
Where does outer borough come from?: outer + borough

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