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paducah

/pəˈduːkə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English

Syllables
pa-d-u-c-ah
IPA
/pəˈduːkə/
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
5
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Comanche tribe.

Obsolete

name

A city, the county seat of McCracken County, in western Kentucky, named for the Comanches.

name

A town, the county seat of Cottle County, in northern Texas, named for the Kentucky city.

noun

A member of the Comanche people.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Spanish Padoucas, from Dhegihan Pádoka or Pádoⁿka (“Comanche”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Padouca (alternative) Paduca (alternative) Paducahs (plural)

Rhymes With

luca luka lucca bazooka deluca otsuka shizuka sambuca duca stuka molucca maruca

Questions

How do you pronounce paducah?
The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈduːkə/.
What does paducah mean?
The Comanche tribe.
Where does paducah come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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