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berat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
be-rat
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

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A culturally significant city surrounded by mountains in south-central Albania, located on the right bank of the river Osum and west of the Tomorr mountain range; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.

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A county of Albania.

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A municipality of the county of Berat, Albania.

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A municipal unit of the municipality of Berat in the county of Berat, Albania.

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Berat, from Ottoman Turkish برات (Berat), from Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ, “white city, white town”), a name given to the city in the 9th century by its Bulgarian occupants, which in turn is a compound of бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”) (from Proto-Slavic *bělъ) and градъ (gradŭ, “city, town”) (from Proto-Slavic *gordъ). Doublet of Belgrade, Beograd, and Belgorod.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Berat, برات, Бѣлградъ, *bělъ, *gordъ

Frequently Paired Words

beratas beratase

Synonyms

the city of a thousand windows

Questions

What does berat mean?
A culturally significant city surrounded by mountains in south-central Albania, located on the right bank of the river Osum and west of the Tomorr mountain range; it is the seat of its eponymous county, municipality and municipal unit.
Where does berat come from?
Borrowed from Albanian Berat, from Ottoman Turkish برات (Berat), from Old Church Slavonic Бѣлградъ (Bělgradŭ, “white city, white town”), a name given to the city in the 9th century by its Bulgarian occupants, which in turn is a compound of бѣлъ (bělŭ, “white”) (from Proto-Slavic *bělъ) and градъ (gradŭ, “city, town”) (from Proto-Slavic *gordъ). Doublet of Belgrade, Beograd, and Belgorod.

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