Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

umburana

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: um-bu-rana
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A species of leguminous tree, Amburana cearensis, native to South America and often used for timber.

Example Sentences

""For safety I maintained my distance from that ill-famed house and settled under an umburana tree at the curve of a road.""
"Two calves frisked outside beneath the umburana tree."
"Once again he sees the landscape […] become a phantasmagoria, with strange human fruit hanging from the umburanas and the thornbushes, and boots, scabbards, tunics, kepis dangling from the branches."

Etymology

From Portuguese umburana.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: umburana

Inflected Forms

umburanas (plural)

Questions

What does umburana mean?: A species of leguminous tree, Amburana cearensis, native to South America and often used for timber.
Where does umburana come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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