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oyashio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
oy-ashio
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre.

Etymology

Borrowed from the rōmaji transcription of Japanese 親潮 (Oyashio, “Parent Tide”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

the Oyashio (canonical) Oya Shio (alternative) Oya Siwo (alternative) Oyasiwo (alternative)

Synonyms

Japan Current Red Current Red Stream

Questions

What does oyashio mean?
The oceanic current forming the swift, warm, northward-flowing western quarter of the North Pacific Gyre.
Where does oyashio come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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