Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

spartanburg

/spˈɑɹtənbˌɝɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables
spar-tan-burg
IPA
/spˈɑɹtənbˌɝɡ/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
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How do you pronounce spartanburg?
The recorded pronunciation is /spˈɑɹtənbˌɝɡ/.
What does spartanburg mean?
A city, the county seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States.
Where does spartanburg come from?
From Spartan + -burg, named after the Spartan Regiment, a local militia in the American Revolutionary War.

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