Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raritan

/ɹˈɛɹɪtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
rar-i-tan
IPA
/ɹˈɛɹɪtən/
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of either of two groups of Lenape people who lived around the lower Raritan River and the Raritan Bay, in what is now northeastern New Jersey, in the 16th century.

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How do you pronounce raritan?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹˈɛɹɪtən/.
What does raritan mean?
A member of either of two groups of Lenape people who lived around the lower Raritan River and the Raritan Bay, in what is now northeastern New Jersey, in the 16th century.

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