florianópolis
/ˌflɔɹiæˈnɑpələs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A municipality, the state capital of Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin Florius Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin -iānus Latin Floriānuslbor. Portuguese Floriano Proto-Indo-European *tpelH- Proto-Hellenic *ptólis Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)bor. Latin -polislbor. Portuguese -polis Brazilian Portuguese Florianópolisbor. English Florianópolis Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Florianópolis.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌflɔɹiæˈnɑpələs/
- British English: /ˌflɔːɹiæˈnɒpəlɪs/
Inflected Forms
Florianopolis (alternative)