Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tokushima

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
tokushi-ma
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture of Japan.

name

The capital city of Tokushima Prefecture, Japan.

name

A surname from Japanese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 徳(とく)島(しま) (Tokushima).

Questions

What does tokushima mean?
A prefecture of Japan.
Where does tokushima come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 徳(とく)島(しま) (Tokushima).

How to pronounce tokushima

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