Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tambov

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English

Syllables: tam-bov
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An oblast of Russia.

name

A city, the administrative center of Tambov Oblast, Russia.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Тамбо́в (Tambóv), from a Moksha language word meaning wetland, although it sounds like a Russian surname.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Тамбо́в, -

Questions

What does tambov mean?: An oblast of Russia.
Where does tambov come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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