Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tarboro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: tar-boro
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town, the county seat of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States.

name

An unincorporated community in Jasper County, South Carolina, United States.

Etymology

Named (in North Carolina) after the Tar River + -boro.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: boro

Questions

What does tarboro mean?: A town, the county seat of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States.
Where does tarboro come from?: Named (in North Carolina) after the Tar River + -boro.

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