Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

band government

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.83 in modern English

Syllables: band -gov-ern-ment
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act.

Canadian usage

Usage

Canadian usage

Inflected Forms

band governments (plural)

Synonyms

band First Nation band Indian band

Questions

What does band government mean?: The basic unit of government for those peoples subject to the Indian Act.

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