Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vaalbara

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vaal-bara
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon.

Etymology

Blend of Kaapvaal + Pilbara, coined by American geologist Eric Cheney in 1996.

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does vaalbara mean?: A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon.
Where does vaalbara come from?: Blend of Kaapvaal + Pilbara, coined by American geologist Eric Cheney in 1996.

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