Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sora

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables
so-ra
IPA
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.

name

Alternative form of Soram (“surname of Meitei origin”).

name

A male given name.

name

A female given name.

Etymology

Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

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Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does sora mean?
A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.
Where does sora come from?
Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area.

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