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wakayama

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
wakaya-ma
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture of Japan.

name

A city and the capital of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan.

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 和(わ)歌(か)山(やま) (Wakayama).

Questions

What does wakayama mean?
A prefecture of Japan.
Where does wakayama come from?
Borrowed from Japanese 和(わ)歌(か)山(やま) (Wakayama).

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