Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tehachapi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.08 in modern English

Syllables: tehachapi
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Kern County, California, United States.

name

Synonym of Kawaiisu (“a Uto-Aztecan language”).

name

A mountain range in California, United States, separating the Central Valley from the Mojave Desert, part of the Transverse Ranges.

Example Sentences

"Folsom, another well-known institution, opened in 1880. Between 1880 and 1933, when a facility for women was opened in Tehachapi, there was not a single new prison constructed. In 1952, the California Institution for Women opened and Tehachapi became a new prison for men. In all, between 1852 and 1955, nine prisons were constructed in California."

Etymology

From Kawaiisu tihačipía, from tihaa (“hard”) + čipii- (“to climb”).

Word Breakdown

Root: tihačipía

Phrases

Tehachapi Mountains Tehachapi Pass

Frequently Paired Words

Tehachapi Mountains Tehachapi Pass

Synonyms

Kawaiisu

Questions

What does tehachapi mean?: A city in Kern County, California, United States.
Where does tehachapi come from?: From Kawaiisu tihačipía, from tihaa (“hard”) + čipii- (“to climb”).

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