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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tar heel state

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables
tar heel s-tate
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Official nickname for North Carolina: a state of the United States.

Inflected Forms

the Tar Heel State (canonical)

Phrases

Tar Heel Stater

Questions

What does tar heel state mean?
Official nickname for North Carolina: a state of the United States.

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