Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunshine state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
sun-shine s-tate
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former nickname for South Dakota: a state of the United States, until 1992.

name

Nickname for Queensland: a state of Australia.

Australian usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

the Sunshine State (canonical)

Phrases

Questions

What does sunshine state mean?
Official nickname for Florida: a state of the United States.

How to pronounce sunshine state

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