Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tampan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tam-pan
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of cloth from Indonesia.

noun

Any of many species in the family Argasidae, the soft ticks.

noun

A native or inhabitant of Tampa, Florida, United States.

Etymology

Etymology obscure, probably from Tswana tampane.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Tampa

Inflected Forms

tampans (plural)

Synonyms

Tampanian

Questions

What does tampan mean?: A type of cloth from Indonesia.
Where does tampan come from?: Etymology obscure, probably from Tswana tampane.

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