Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pegu

/pəˈɡuː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: pegu
IPA: /pəˈɡuː/

7

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Dated form of Bago.

Dated

noun

A pony from the Burmese city of Bago.

Example Sentences

"The road was flooded in some places and in others the rains had filled potholes with mud, and the horses – ponies rather, stout little Pegus from Burmah – stumbled into them and lost their footing."

Usage

Dated

Inflected Forms

Pegus (plural)

Derived Forms

Peguer

Questions

How do you pronounce pegu?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈɡuː/.
What does pegu mean?: Dated form of Bago.

How to pronounce pegu

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