Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nouvelle-aquitaine

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: nou-velle-aquitaine
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An administrative region in southwestern France, established in 2016 by the merger of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Nouvelle-Aquitaine (literally “New Aquitaine”).

Inflected Forms

New Aquitaine (alternative)

Questions

What does nouvelle-aquitaine mean?: An administrative region in southwestern France, established in 2016 by the merger of Aquitaine, Limousin, and Poitou-Charentes.
Where does nouvelle-aquitaine come from?: Borrowed from French Nouvelle-Aquitaine (literally “New Aquitaine”).

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