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papiaments

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pa-pi-a-ments
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A dialect-neutral spelling of Papiamento or Papiamentu, a creole language spoken in the ABC Islands (the former spelling is used in Aruba while the latter is used in Bonaire and Curaçao)

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Papiaments.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does papiaments mean?
A dialect-neutral spelling of Papiamento or Papiamentu, a creole language spoken in the ABC Islands (the former spelling is used in Aruba while the latter is used in Bonaire and Curaçao)
Where does papiaments come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

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