how to pronounce astrakhan

/ˈæstɹəkən/

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astrakhan is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of astrakhan in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… in Astrakhan class Rosie reads on …”

meanings of astrakhan

name:

A city, the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast, Russia, located on the Volga River.
Astrakhan fleece.
An oblast of Russia.

noun:

Cloth resembling the above mentioned fur, often made from wool and mohair and used for trimmings.
Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan.

astrakhan frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word astrakhan occurs in english on average 0.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics astrakhan can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that astrakhan can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;