Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xenu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
xenu
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

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Etymology

From the works of L. Ron Hubbard, of unknown origin. Richard Abanes notes that a Journey into Mystery science fiction comic story featuring an alien warlord titled “Xemnu the Titan” (1961) was reprinted in 1967, the year that Hubbard composed the Xenu narrative.

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Questions

What does xenu mean?
An extraterrestrial galactic leader said to have transported aliens to Earth 75 million years ago and murdered them with hydrogen bombs at sites of volcanoes, turning them into thetans.
Where does xenu come from?
From the works of L. Ron Hubbard, of unknown origin. Richard Abanes notes that a Journey into Mystery science fiction comic story featuring an alien warlord titled “Xemnu the Titan” (1961) was reprinted in 1967, the year that Hubbard composed the Xenu narrative.

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