Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

raphia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: raphia
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of raffia.

Countable; Uncountable

name

Synonym of Rafah (spelling used when referring to the site in Antiquity: Ancient and Classical Eras) A town in Levant, frequently disputed between various ancient empires, Egypt (Pharonic, Ptolemaic, etc), Anatolia (Hittite, etc), Mesopotamia (Assyria, Seleucid, etc). The city is now located on the border between Gaza and Egypt, split between the two by an international border.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ῥαφία (Rhaphía), from Egyptian Rpwḥw r:Z1-p-w-bH:mDAt-xAst

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: Ῥαφία, Rpwḥw

Usage

Inflected Forms

raphias (plural)

Synonyms

Rafah raffia

Questions

What does raphia mean?: Alternative form of raffia.
Where does raphia come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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