Meaning and background
The story behind Scar
Scar has a direct modern English meaning: a mark left on the skin after an injury heals. In British topographical usage it can also refer to a steep rocky face. Many readers will additionally think of the villain in Disney’s The Lion King, but that is a cultural reference rather than the word’s origin. It makes a remarkably short one-syllable dog name; the written label proves nothing about the animal’s appearance.
- Meaning
- A mark left after a wound has healed; in some geographical uses, a rocky cliff or exposed face. Source
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About Scar
Recorded as a dog’s name
Scar appears in 3 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/skɑɹ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/skɑɹ/ · primary stress on syllable 1S K AA1 R
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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