Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vologda

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.72 in modern English

Syllables: volog-da
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Russia.

name

A city, the administrative center of Vologda Oblast, Russia, located on this river.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Во́логда (Vólogda), from the Vologda River which flows through the city; likely of Finno-Ugric origin (Proto-Uralic *wëlketa (“white”)).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Во́логда

Questions

What does vologda mean?: A river in Russia.
Where does vologda come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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