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sotomayor

/sˌoʊtoʊmeɪˈɔɹ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English

Syllables
so-tomay-or
IPA
/sˌoʊtoʊmeɪˈɔɹ/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Spanish or Galician.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From a Spanish habitational surname Sotomayor, from a locality in Galicia called Galician Soutomaior, from souto (“grove”) + maior (“larger”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: -, Soutomaior

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce sotomayor?
The recorded pronunciation is /sˌoʊtoʊmeɪˈɔɹ/.
What does sotomayor mean?
A surname from Spanish or Galician.
Where does sotomayor come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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