bissau

Questions about bissau

What does bissau mean?

bissau means "the capital of Guinea-Bissau".

How many syllables are in bissau?

bissau has 2 syllables and divides as bis-sau 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 bissau?

Close synonyms include capital of Guinea-Bissau. 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 bissau a common word?

bissau is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.