piru
/ˈpaɪ.ɹu(ː)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A census-designated place in Ventura County, California, United States.
noun
A member of an alliance of African-American street gangs based in southern California.
name
The northernmost dialect of the Luhu language.
Example Sentences
- "Residents in Piru work to push back wet mud that trapped cars and invaded some houses on January 11."
- "YG, aka Keenon Jackson, using using the Piru vernacular, released a song titled “Bicken Back Bein Bool,” as a single from his album Still Brazy."
- "Muksin specifically mentioned 11 extinct indigenous languages, such as Tandia and Mawes in West Papua and Papua, along with Kajeli, Piru, Moksela, Palumata, Ternateno, Hukumina, Hoti, Serua, and Nila in different areas of Maluku."
Etymology
From Chumashan. The gang was named after Piru Street, a residential street in Compton and neighboring Willowbrook; but is now often explained by various backronyms, such as Powerful Indestructible Ruthless Untouchables.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpaɪ.ɹu(ː)/