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arafura sea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables
ara-fu-ra sea
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A sea lying directly north of Arnhem Land and south of West Papua.

Etymology

Uncertain. Some theories of its origin have been presented, such as it deriving from Portuguese Alfours (“free men”), but it is more likely that it is named for the Harrafora, the indigenous name for the "people of the mountains" in the Moluccas. First recorded use dates to at least 1663.

Inflected Forms

the Arafura Sea (canonical)

Questions

What does arafura sea mean?
A sea lying directly north of Arnhem Land and south of West Papua.
Where does arafura sea come from?
Uncertain. Some theories of its origin have been presented, such as it deriving from Portuguese Alfours (“free men”), but it is more likely that it is named for the Harrafora, the indigenous name for the "people of the mountains" in the Moluccas. First recorded use dates to at least 1663.

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