Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banteay meanchey

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.98 in modern English

Syllables
ban-teay meanchey
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From Khmer បន្ទាយមានជ័យ (bɑɑbɑntiəy miəncɨy), literally, “fort of victory”.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: បន្ទាយមានជ័យ

Questions

What does banteay meanchey mean?
A province of Cambodia. Capital and largest city: Serei Saophoan.
Where does banteay meanchey come from?
From Khmer បន្ទាយមានជ័យ (bɑɑbɑntiəy miəncɨy), literally, “fort of victory”.

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