Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bamboo english

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: bam-boo english
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A Japanese pidgin English or jargon developed after World War II, spoken between American military personnel and the Japanese on US military bases in occupied Japan, and later exported to Korea.

Questions

What does bamboo english mean?: A Japanese pidgin English or jargon developed after World War II, spoken between American military personnel and the Japanese on US military bases in occupied Japan, and later exported to Korea.

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