Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rainbow nation

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables: rain-bow -na-tion
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

South Africa after the end of apartheid

Etymology

Coined by South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu in 1994.

Questions

What does rainbow nation mean?: South Africa after the end of apartheid
Where does rainbow nation come from?: Coined by South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner Desmond Tutu in 1994.

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