Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

caliente

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.47 in modern English

Syllables: caliente
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.

name

A city in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States.

Etymology

From Spanish caliente.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: caliente

Phrases

Caliente Mountain Caliente Range

Questions

What does caliente mean?: An unincorporated community in Kern County, California, United States.
Where does caliente come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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