prey nokor
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Former name of Ho Chi Minh City or Saigon before its annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century.
Example Sentences
- "In exchange for these alliances, the Vietnamese rulers of the south, the Nguyen clan, obtained administrative control over many of these areas. The sleepy Cambodian port of Prey Nokor (Forest City) at the mouth of the Mekong was taken over in this way in the 1620’s and renamed Saigon (it is now known as Ho Chi Minh City, and houses several million people)."
Etymology
From Khmer ព្រៃនគរ (prɨy nɔɔnɔkɔɔ).
Word Breakdown
- Root: ព្រៃនគរ