Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

waikato

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: waika-to
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in the Waikato region, North Island, New Zealand, emptying into the Tasman Sea; the longest in the country.

name

A region in northern New Zealand. Seat: Hamilton.

Etymology

Borrowed from Māori Waikato.

Word Breakdown

Root: Waikato

Questions

What does waikato mean?: A river in the Waikato region, North Island, New Zealand, emptying into the Tasman Sea; the longest in the country.
Where does waikato come from?: Borrowed from Māori Waikato.

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