marciana
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Portuguese, Spanish, or Latin.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "Sister Marciana Hennig is one of the country’s very few Roman Catholic nuns who is also postmaster of a town, in this case a tidy hamlet nestled by the northeastern corner of Kalamazoo."
- "She graduated from Defiance College in 1950 and was the widow of Lawrence W. Watson. Surviving are her daughter, Marciana Brandes; […]"
- "In a Jan. 3 front-page piece on how doctors see health care reform, it was reported that Dr. Marciana Wilkerson was dropped by a health maintenance organization and was cut off "from 800 patients who made up one-fifth of her practice.""
- "Agnes R. Marciana, 82, of 256 Walnut St. died Saturday evening after six months of failing health."
- "She is survived by her […] daughters, […] Virginia (Larry) Marciana, Tuckahoe, N.Y.; […]"
- "Mr. Marciana was a craftsman and sexton for a number of Catholic pastors in southern New Jersey parishes for over 70 years."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Marciana, Mārciāna