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oymyakon

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English

Syllables
oymyakon
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Sakha, Russia, known for being one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Оймякон (Ojmjakon), in turn from Yakut Өймөкөөн (Öymököön), in turn derived from Even хэюм (həjum, “place of non-freezing water; a place where fish spend the winter”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Оймякон, Өймөкөөн, хэюм

Questions

What does oymyakon mean?
A village in Sakha, Russia, known for being one of the coldest inhabited places on Earth.
Where does oymyakon come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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