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sumbawan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sum-bawan
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the island of Sumbawa.

noun

A native or inhabitant of Sumbawa.

Etymology

From Sumbawa + -an.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more Sumbawan (comparative) most Sumbawan (superlative) Sumbawans (plural)

Derived Forms

Sumbawanese

Phrases

Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan

Questions

What does sumbawan mean?
Of or relating to the island of Sumbawa.
Where does sumbawan come from?
From Sumbawa + -an.

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