Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tonopah

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.12 in modern English

Syllables: tonopah
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An unincorporated town, the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.

name

A census-designated place in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States.

Example Sentences

"Kidwell says she’s tried to sell Cal-Nev-Ari for nearly 20 years. Last month, she finally found the right buyer, Heart of Nature. The company mines sulfur near Tonopah and sells it for organic farming. The precious water underneath Cal-Nev-Ari and money saved by doing business there drew investors to the site."

Etymology

From Shoshone [Term?].

Questions

What does tonopah mean?: An unincorporated town, the county seat of Nye County, Nevada, United States.
Where does tonopah come from?: From Shoshone [Term?].

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