Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sakai

/sɑkˈɑi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables: sakai
IPA: /sɑkˈɑi/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a certain people of Malaya.

name

The language spoken by this people.

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A large city in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

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A city in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.

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A former town in Sawa district, Gunma Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the city of Isesaki.

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A town in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.

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A former village in Higashichikuma district, Nagano Prefecture, Japan, amalgamated in 2005 into the village of Chikuhoku.

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

From Malay Sakai.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: Sakai, 堺, 酒井, 坂井, 境

Inflected Forms

Sakais (plural)

Rhymes With

rai desai masai sakurai adlai kawai arai nagai hirai nakai stai mathai

Questions

How do you pronounce sakai?: The recorded pronunciation is /sɑkˈɑi/.
What does sakai mean?: A member of a certain people of Malaya.
Where does sakai come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce sakai

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