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arica

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables
ar-i-ca
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A province in northern Chile.

name

A commune and port city, the capital of the province of Arica, Chile.

Etymology

Uncertain. Rómulo Cúneo Vidal said that the word comes from Aymara ari (crag) + iqui (place to sleep). Manuel A. Quiroga said that the word comes from ari (phylum) + aka (tip). Carlos Auza Arce said that it comes from ari (hill) + acca (neighboring).

Derived Forms

Arican aricine

Questions

What does arica mean?
A province in northern Chile.
Where does arica come from?
Uncertain. Rómulo Cúneo Vidal said that the word comes from Aymara ari (crag) + iqui (place to sleep). Manuel A. Quiroga said that the word comes from ari (phylum) + aka (tip). Carlos Auza Arce said that it comes from ari (hill) + acca (neighboring).

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