angora

Other forms of angora

plural

angoras·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about angora

What does angora mean?

angora means "the capital of Turkey; located in west-central Turkey; it was formerly known as Angora and is the home of Angora goats". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in angora?

angora has 3 syllables: an-go-ra. The stress falls on "go". In IPA it is /æŋˈɡɔɹə/.

What is another word for angora?

Close synonyms include Ankara, Turkish capital, capital of Turkey, Angora goat, Angora rabbit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is angora a common word?

angora is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with angora?

1 word rhymes with angora. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.