Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tanegashima

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: tane-gashima
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island belonging to the Ōsumi Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.

Example Sentences

"The skulls belonged to individuals from the Hirota people, who lived on the southern Japanese island of Tanegashima from the third century to the seventh century."

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 種子島.

Questions

What does tanegashima mean?: An island belonging to the Ōsumi Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Where does tanegashima come from?: Borrowed from Japanese 種子島.

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