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Bulu

Bu·lu/ˈbu.lu/noun

Bulu is spelled B-U-L-U: 4 letters and 2 syllables (Bu·lu). It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Bulu means “A member of the ethnic group” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Bulu is Bulus.

How many letters and syllables are in Bulu?

Letters4: B-U-L-U
Syllables2: Bu·lu
In writingabout once in every 18 million words; the 127,184th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is Bulu?

Bulu appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 127,184th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce Bulu?

  • UK /ˈbuː.luː/
  • US /ˈbu.lu/
  • Australia /ˈbʉː.lʉː/

Bulu has 2 syllables, split Bu·lu in writing.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of Bulu

  • Bulus plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does Bulu mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A member of the ethnic group.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does Bulu come from?

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. )

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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