how to pronounce wampum

/ˈwɑːmpəm/

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wampum is pronounced in two syllables

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meanings of wampum

noun:

A string of such beads.
Small beads made from polished shells, especially white ones, formerly used as money and jewelry by certain Native American peoples.
Money.

wampum frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word wampum occurs in english on average 0 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 wampum 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 wampum can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;