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zayton

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
za-y-ton
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A major but poorly known medieval port of Fujian in China, variously intending Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in different sources.

Etymology

From Arabic زَيْتُون (zaytūn, “olive”), derived from Quanzhou's former Chinese nickname 刺桐城 (Cìtóngchéng, “Tung Tree City”), after the trees which had been extensively planted there in the 10th century by Liu Congxiao.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: زَيْتُون, -

Inflected Forms

Zeitoun (alternative) Zeitun (alternative) Zaitun (alternative) Zaytun (alternative) Zaytoun (alternative) Zeytoun (alternative)

Questions

What does zayton mean?
A major but poorly known medieval port of Fujian in China, variously intending Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in different sources.
Where does zayton come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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