Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

belo horizonte

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables: be-lo hor-i-zonte
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A municipality, the state capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Etymology

From Portuguese Belo Horizonte (“Beautiful Horizon”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: Belo Horizonte

Questions

What does belo horizonte mean?: A municipality, the state capital of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Where does belo horizonte come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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