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sloboda

/sləbˈoʊdə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables
slo-bo-da
IPA
/sləbˈoʊdə/
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of settlement, village, or suburb in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.

name

A surname from Slovak.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian слобода́ (slobodá), which is related to a common Slavic word for “freedom”, in reference to such settlements' initial freedom from taxes and forced labor duties.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: слобода́, Sloboda

Inflected Forms

slobodas (plural) slobody (plural)

Rhymes With

soda yoda oda pagoda coda rhoda kuroda toda svoboda noda boda toyoda

Questions

How do you pronounce sloboda?
The recorded pronunciation is /sləbˈoʊdə/.
What does sloboda mean?
A kind of settlement, village, or suburb in the history of Russia, Belarus and Ukraine.
Where does sloboda come from?
It is traced to Russian.

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