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prairie du chien

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.70 in modern English

Syllables
prairie -du chien
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.

name

A town in Crawford County, Wisconsin, which includes part of the city.

Etymology

From French prairie du chien; compare with French chien de prairie.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does prairie du chien mean?
A city, the county seat of Crawford County, Wisconsin, United States.
Where does prairie du chien come from?
It is traced to French.

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