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zea

/ˈziː.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.19 in modern English

Syllables
zea
IPA
/ˈziː.ə/
12
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

noun

Any plant of the genus Zea.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician and Spanish Zea, probably a variant of Cea, named after several placenames in the Iberian peninsula.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Zeas (plural)

Derived Forms

zeacarotene

Frequently Paired Words

zein

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce zea?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈziː.ə/.
What does zea mean?
A surname.
Where does zea come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce zea

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