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yogyakarta

/ˌjɔ.ɡjɘ.ˈkɐː.tə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English

Syllables
yo-gyakar-ta
IPA
/ˌjɔ.ɡjɘ.ˈkɐː.tə/
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the provincial capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

name

An autonomous region of Indonesia.

name

A sultanate in Java

Etymology

From Indonesian Yogyakarta, from Javanese ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (Ngayogyakarta).

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *yewg-, Yogyakarta, ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌjɔ.ɡjɘ.ˈkɐː.tə/

Inflected Forms

Jogjakarta (alternative)

Synonyms

Special Region of Yogyakarta

Questions

How do you pronounce yogyakarta?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌjɔ.ɡjɘ.ˈkɐː.tə/.
What does yogyakarta mean?
A city, the provincial capital of the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Where does yogyakarta come from?
From Indonesian Yogyakarta, from Javanese ꦔꦪꦺꦴꦒꦾꦏꦂꦠ (Ngayogyakarta).

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