Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cassaba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cass-a-ba
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of cassava.

noun

a Middle Eastern unit of length, in Egypt the 500th part of a parasang (فَرْسَخ (farsaḵ)), about 3.5 metres.

Etymology

From Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: قَصَبَة, ق ص ب

Inflected Forms

cassabas (plural)

Questions

What does cassaba mean?: Alternative form of cassava.
Where does cassaba come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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