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chambéry

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
cham-bery
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and prefecture, the capital of Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

Etymology

From French Chamberi, from Medieval Latin Chamberium << Cambariaco << Cambariacum << Camefriacum, of uncertain origin, possibly Gaulish *camboritos (“bent ford”); see Breton Kemper. More at Chambéry.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Chamberi, Chamberium, *camboritos

Questions

What does chambéry mean?
A city and prefecture, the capital of Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Where does chambéry come from?
It is traced to French.

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