name
Meaning 1
An island of Indonesia, part of the Lesser Sunda Islands
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
komodo
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/
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General-American: /kəʊˈməʊdəʊ/
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General-American: /kə-/
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rhymes with -əʊdəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M OW1 D OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: K OW0 M OW1 D OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Alternative letter-case form of Komodo.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
Meaning 3
A Komodo dragon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian pulau Komodo (literally “Komodo Island”). The name is from the island's indigenous (Austronesian) name in Komodo, Tana Modo (“the land of Modo”), used by the native Ata Modo people.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Mandarin: 科莫多岛 — island in Indonesia
- German: Komodo — island in Indonesia
- German: Komodo-Insel — island in Indonesia
- Greek: Κομόντο (Komónto) — island in Indonesia
- Malay: Komodo — island in Indonesia
- Marathi: कोमोदो (komodo) — island in Indonesia
- Marathi: कोमोडो (komoḍo) — island in Indonesia
- Portuguese: Komodo — island in Indonesia
- Portuguese: Comodo — island in Indonesia
- Russian: Комо́до (Komódo) — island in Indonesia
Real reading context