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calabaza

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English

Syllables
cal-abaza
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A burr gherkin.

name

A surname from Spanish.

Etymology

Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor.? Vulgar Latin *calapaccia? Old Spanish calabaça Spanish calabazabor. English calabaza Borrowed from Spanish calabaza.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

calabazas (plural)

Questions

What does calabaza mean?
A burr gherkin.
Where does calabaza come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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