Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poquoson

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: po-qu-o-son
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of pocosin.

name

An independent city in south-east Virginia.

Etymology

From an uncertain Algonquian word referring to marshy terrain; see pocosin.

Inflected Forms

poquosons (plural)

Questions

What does poquoson mean?: Alternative form of pocosin.
Where does poquoson come from?: From an uncertain Algonquian word referring to marshy terrain; see pocosin.

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