timbo
/ˈtɪmboʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the male given name Timothy.
Example Sentences
- "Among the handsomest trees which I have met is the "Timbo" (Enterolobium timbosa), which grows sometimes to the height of [...]. Half a dozen other species of Enterolobium, all inferior to the Timbo, grow in the Paraguayan forests."
- "The host is sometimes called the Timbo, but it is not the true Timbo, which is Enterolobium contortisiliquum."
- "At a short distance from the banks of the river Paraguay commences the forest exhibiting its red and white quebrachos, carob-trees, timbos, etcetera. The soil is very rich and in the clearings there are excellent pastures' ..."
Etymology
From Tupian.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɪmboʊ/
- British English: /ˈtɪmbəʊ/