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shimonoseki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
shi-monose-ki
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.

Etymology

From Japanese 下関 (Shimonoseki).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Phrases

Shimonoseki Strait

Frequently Paired Words

Shimonoseki Strait

Questions

What does shimonoseki mean?
A city in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Honshu, Japan.
Where does shimonoseki come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce shimonoseki

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