pearl harbor
/ˌpɝ˞l ˈhɑɹbɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
name
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Example Sentences
- "Bluto: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! Otter: [to Boon] Germans? Boon: Forget it, he's rolling."
- "Pearl Harbor happened in 1941 and was the direct cause of the United States' entry into World War II."
- "“Casablanca” was completed in 1942, but it’s set in December, 1941, the time of Pearl Harbor."
- "Most Americans wanted no more Pearl Harbors, but they now expected Germany to attempt one."
- "For all practical purposes, the United States is undergoing an electronic Pearl Harbor, and the target is one of the most crucial segments of our way of life: Information."
- "Still, instead of thinking in terms of the industry's repeated warnings of a "digital Pearl Harbor," McPherson said, "I think cyberwarfare will be far more subtle," in that "certain parts of the system won't work, or it will be that we can't trust information we're looking at.""
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpɝ˞l ˈhɑɹbɚ/
- British English: /ˌpɜːl ˈhɑːbə/