Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pleiku

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: pleiku
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in the central highland region of Vietnam.

Example Sentences

"There was strong evidence that the strategists in Hanoi hoped to cut South Vietnam in half along a line roughly from Pleiku, in the Central Highlands, eastward to the coast."

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Pleiku.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: Pleiku

Questions

What does pleiku mean?: A city in the central highland region of Vietnam.
Where does pleiku come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

How to pronounce pleiku

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