Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

porto-novo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.01 in modern English

Syllables
por-to-no-vo
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The official capital of Benin; the de-facto capital is Cotonou.

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What does porto-novo mean?
The official capital of Benin; the de-facto capital is Cotonou.

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