Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shusha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables: shusha
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and district of Azerbaijan.

Etymology

From Azerbaijani Şuşa and Russian Шуша́ (Šušá), ultimately from Armenian Շոշ (Šoš), the name of a nearby Armenian village whose inhabitants were resettled in Shusha upon founding.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Şuşa, Шуша́, Շոշ

Inflected Forms

Shushi (alternative) Shoushi (alternative)

Questions

What does shusha mean?: A city and district of Azerbaijan.
Where does shusha come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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