how to pronounce kookaburra

/ˈkʊk.əˌbʌɹ.ə/

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kookaburra is pronounced in four syllables

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kʊkəbʌɹə

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An example use of kookaburra in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… idea of a kookaburra just sounds like a …”

meanings of kookaburra

noun:

  1. Any of several species of kingfishers in the genus Dacelo, known for their laugh-like call.

kookaburra frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word kookaburra 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 kookaburra 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 kookaburra can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;

words with pronunciation similar to kookaburra

cookercookery

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