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douai

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.87 in modern English

Syllables
douai
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, northern France.

Etymology

From French Douai, from Medieval Latin Duacum, from the Gaulish personal name Dous + Gallo-Roman suffix -acum (from Latin -ācea).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Douai, Duacum, -ācea

Inflected Forms

Douay (alternative)

Questions

What does douai mean?
A commune in Nord department, Hauts-de-France, northern France.
Where does douai come from?
It is traced to French.

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