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parañaque

/pɐ.ɾɐˈɲa.kɛ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
paranaque
IPA
/pɐ.ɾɐˈɲa.kɛ/
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Spanish Parañaque, from earlier Palañac, an earlier Hispanized form of Tagalog Palanyag, attested in 1582, of uncertain origin.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Parañaque, Palanyag

Inflected Forms

P'que (alternative) Pque (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce parañaque?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɐ.ɾɐˈɲa.kɛ/.
What does parañaque mean?
An independent city in Metro Manila, Philippines.
Where does parañaque come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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