Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

la grande

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English

Syllables: la -grande
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the county seat of Union County, Oregon, United States.

Etymology

From French, a comment by a Frenchman on the area's beauty. Renamed from Brownsville for Post Office reasons.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Questions

What does la grande mean?: A city, the county seat of Union County, Oregon, United States.
Where does la grande come from?: It is traced to French.

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