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moravia

/mɔˈɹeɪvi.ə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
Mo-ra-vi-a
IPA
/mɔˈɹeɪvi.ə/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A historic region in the eastern Czech Republic.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin Moravialbor. English Moravia Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Moravia, which is named after River Morava, (German March, Latin Marus), the main river of the land. The water's name is in all likelihood derived ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

Inflected Forms

Morauia (alternative, obsolete)

Derived Forms

Moravian Morayvian

Rhymes With

scandinavia octavia batavia flavia belgravia moldavia

Questions

How do you pronounce moravia?
The recorded pronunciation is /mɔˈɹeɪvi.ə/.
What does moravia mean?
A historic region in the eastern Czech Republic.
Where does moravia come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mer-? Proto-Indo-European *móri Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Medieval Latin Moravialbor. English Moravia Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin Moravia, which is named after River Morava, (German March, Latin Marus), the main river of the land. The water's name is in all likelihood derived ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *móri.

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