kathmandu

Questions about kathmandu

What does kathmandu mean?

kathmandu means "the capital and largest city of Nepal".

How many syllables are in kathmandu?

kathmandu has 3 syllables and divides as kath-man-du 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 kathmandu?

Close synonyms include Katmandu, capital of Nepal. 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 kathmandu a common word?

kathmandu 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.