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quindío

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
quin-dio
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in Colombia, 69 kilometres (43 mi) long, which forms in the mountains east of Salento and flows to the southwest.

name

A department of Colombia, through which this river flows.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Quindío from the native name, which is said by some sources to be from Quimbaya quindío or quindus meaning "paradise, eden".

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does quindío mean?
A river in Colombia, 69 kilometres (43 mi) long, which forms in the mountains east of Salento and flows to the southwest.
Where does quindío come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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