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willimantic

/ˌwɪləˈmæntɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
willi-man-tic
IPA
/ˌwɪləˈmæntɪk/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Connecticut, United States.

name

A former borough, former city, now census-designated place in the town of Windham, Windham County, Connecticut, United States, named after the river.

name

A town in Piscataquis County, Maine, United States, named after the former city in Connecticut.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Eastern Algonquian, likely Mohegan-Pequot or Narragansett, meaning "land of swift-moving waters", referring to the steep drop of the Willimantic River, or "place near the cedar swamp".

Word Breakdown

Rhymes With

romantic atlantic gigantic semantic frantic pedantic antic sycophantic mantic marantic panromantic transromantic

Questions

How do you pronounce willimantic?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌwɪləˈmæntɪk/.
What does willimantic mean?
A river in Connecticut, United States.
Where does willimantic come from?
From Eastern Algonquian, likely Mohegan-Pequot or Narragansett, meaning "land of swift-moving waters", referring to the steep drop of the Willimantic River, or "place near the cedar swamp".

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