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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

camões

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.24 in modern English

Syllables
camoes
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Luís de Camões, a 16th-century Portuguese poet.

Etymology

From Portuguese Camões, from a Galician habitational surname originating in Camos (spelled Camões and Camones in Medieval Galician), a parish in southern Galicia.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Camoes (alternative) Camoens (alternative) Camoëns (alternative)

Derived Forms

Camonian

Questions

What does camões mean?
Luís de Camões, a 16th-century Portuguese poet.
Where does camões come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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