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silwan

/sˌɪlwɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
sil-wan
IPA
/sˌɪlwɑn/
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine.

Inflected Forms

Shiloaḥ (alternative) Siloan (alternative) Siloam (alternative)

Synonyms

Kfar ha-Shiloaḥ Shiloaḥ Siloam Siloan

Questions

How do you pronounce silwan?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˌɪlwɑn/.
What does silwan mean?
A neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine.

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