Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

el centro

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.00 in modern English

Syllables: el -cen-tro
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. It is the largest city in the United States that is below sea level.

Etymology

From Spanish el centro.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: el

Questions

What does el centro mean?: A city, the county seat of Imperial County, California, United States. It is the largest city in the United States that is below sea level.
Where does el centro come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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