Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paranaíba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paranai-ba
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A municipality of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.

name

A river in Brazil whose source lies in the state of Minas Gerais in the Mata da Corda mountains.

Etymology

From Old Tupi paraná (“river”) + Old Tupi aíba (“bad”).

Questions

What does paranaíba mean?: A municipality of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
Where does paranaíba come from?: From Old Tupi paraná (“river”) + Old Tupi aíba (“bad”).

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