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portuguese opening

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables
por-tugue-se open-ing
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An Open Game characterised by the moves 1.e4 e5 2. Bb5.

Etymology

Named in reference to chess player Pedro Damiano, who is from Portugal.

Inflected Forms

the Portuguese Opening (canonical)

Questions

What does portuguese opening mean?
An Open Game characterised by the moves 1.e4 e5 2. Bb5.
Where does portuguese opening come from?
Named in reference to chess player Pedro Damiano, who is from Portugal.

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