Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

represa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: repre-sa
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States, the site of Folsom State Prison.

Example Sentences

"Whether any staffers at the 1,828-capacity prison, one of three on the Represa grounds, were disciplined or placed on administrative leave was not disclosed."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish represa (“dam”), named after the nearby dam under construction in 1892.

Questions

What does represa mean?: An unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States, the site of Folsom State Prison.
Where does represa come from?: Borrowed from Spanish represa (“dam”), named after the nearby dam under construction in 1892.

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