Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

parnaíba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: par-nai-ba
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Piauí, Brazil.

name

A river in the Northeast Region, Brazil, forming the border between the states of Maranhão and Piauí.

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Parnaíba.

Questions

What does parnaíba mean?: A city in Piauí, Brazil.
Where does parnaíba come from?: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Parnaíba.

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