Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sandakan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables: san-dakan
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital city of Sandakan district, Sabah, Malaysia.

name

A district of Sabah, Malaysia

name

A division of Sabah, Malaysia

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay Sandakan, from Tausug sanda' (“to pawn”) + -kan. Literally, “the place that was pawned”.

Questions

What does sandakan mean?: The capital city of Sandakan district, Sabah, Malaysia.
Where does sandakan come from?: Borrowed from Malay Sandakan, from Tausug sanda' (“to pawn”) + -kan. Literally, “the place that was pawned”.

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