Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yekaterinburg

/jɪˈkɑːtərɪnˌbɝɡ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.13 in modern English

Syllables: yeka-ter-in-burg
IPA: /jɪˈkɑːtərɪnˌbɝɡ/

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Екатеринбу́рг (Jekaterinbúrg), referring to Catherine I of Russia.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: Екатеринбу́рг

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /jɪˈkɑːtərɪnˌbɝɡ/
British English: /ˌjɛkətərɪnˈbɜːɡ/

Inflected Forms

Ekaterinburg (alternative) Yekaterinbourg (alternative)

Synonyms

Sverdlovsk

Questions

How do you pronounce yekaterinburg?: The recorded pronunciation is /jɪˈkɑːtərɪnˌbɝɡ/.
What does yekaterinburg mean?: A city, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, the fifth-largest in the country by population.
Where does yekaterinburg come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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