Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yamagishi

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English

Syllables
ya-m-ag-ishi
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 山岸.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does yamagishi mean?
A surname from Japanese
Where does yamagishi come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce yamagishi

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