Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mannahatta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: man-na-hat-ta
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Manhattan.

Etymology

From Unami, the local Algonquian language. That name is usually taken to be a compound of Unami mënatay (“island”) or Munsee munahan (compare Abenaki manahan) and another element.

Word Breakdown

Root: -, mënatay, munahan

Questions

What does mannahatta mean?: Alternative form of Manhattan.
Where does mannahatta come from?: From Unami, the local Algonquian language. That name is usually taken to be a compound of Unami mënatay (“island”) or Munsee munahan (compare Abenaki manahan) and another element.

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