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selva

/ˈsɛlvə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
sel-va
IPA
/ˈsɛlvə/
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.

name

A surname.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese selva, from Latin silva. Doublet of silva.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

selvas (plural)

Synonyms

tropical rain forest

Questions

How do you pronounce selva?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɛlvə/.
What does selva mean?
Heavily forested ground in the Amazon basin.
Where does selva come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce selva

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