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tunga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.37 in modern English

Syllables
tun-ga
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Name of a river in South India, joins with Bhadra forming Tungabhadra.

Etymology

From Sanskrit तुङ्गा (tuṅgā, “Tunga”).

Questions

What does tunga mean?
Name of a river in South India, joins with Bhadra forming Tungabhadra.
Where does tunga come from?
From Sanskrit तुङ्गा (tuṅgā, “Tunga”).

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