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punakha

/ˈpʊnəkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.51 in modern English

Syllables
Pu-na-kha
IPA
/ˈpʊnəkə/
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district and former capital city of Bhutan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Dzongkha སྤུ་ན་ཁ་ (spu na kha).

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpʊnəkə/
  • British English: /ˈpʊnəkə/

Questions

How do you pronounce punakha?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʊnəkə/.
What does punakha mean?
A district and former capital city of Bhutan.
Where does punakha come from?
Borrowed from Dzongkha སྤུ་ན་ཁ་ (spu na kha).

How to pronounce punakha

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