anoa

Questions about anoa

What does anoa mean?

anoa means "small buffalo of the Celebes having small straight horns".

How many syllables are in anoa?

anoa has 3 syllables and divides as a-no-a under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for anoa?

Close synonyms include dwarf buffalo, Anoa depressicornis. 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 anoa a common word?

anoa 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.