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basel-city

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables
basel-c-i-ty
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Basel-Stadt (a canton of Switzerland).

Etymology

Calque of German Basel-Stadt.

Questions

What does basel-city mean?
Basel-Stadt (a canton of Switzerland).
Where does basel-city come from?
Calque of German Basel-Stadt.

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