Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pocosin

/pəˈkoʊsən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pocosin
IPA: /pəˈkoʊsən/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A low, wooded swamp in (especially coastal) Eastern Maryland, Virginia or the Carolinas; a palustrine wetland with deep, acidic peat soils.

American usage

Example Sentences

"One has to go down "on all fours" to get below the dense tangle of vegetation. Each step in the soft peat is uncertain. The reward is a pocosin community full of wildflowers."

Etymology

From an unknown Algonquian word, sometimes suggested to be one meaning "opening out" (the widening of a river, related to Ojibwe baakisin (“it is left open”)), or "swamp on a hill". Alternatively, perhaps related to Abenaki pôgwaso (“very shallow”).

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

pocosins (plural) pocoson (alternative) pocosen (alternative) poquoson (alternative)

Phrases

short pocosin tall pocosin

Questions

How do you pronounce pocosin?: The recorded pronunciation is /pəˈkoʊsən/.
What does pocosin mean?: A low, wooded swamp in (especially coastal) Eastern Maryland, Virginia or the Carolinas; a palustrine wetland with deep, acidic peat soils.
Where does pocosin come from?: From an unknown Algonquian word, sometimes suggested to be one meaning "opening out" (the widening of a river, related to Ojibwe baakisin (“it is left open”)), or "swamp on a hill". Alternatively, perhaps related to Abenaki pôgwaso (“very shallow”).

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