Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tongass

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: ton-gass
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island in the southern Alaska Panhandle, near the marine boundary with Canada, once the site of a major trading fort.

Inflected Forms

Tongas (alternative)

Questions

What does tongass mean?: An island in the southern Alaska Panhandle, near the marine boundary with Canada, once the site of a major trading fort.

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