Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

calpolli

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: calpol-li
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A subdivision of an altepetl; a "barrio".

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl calpolli, from calli (“house”) + -polli (“big”).

Inflected Forms

calpollis (plural) calpoltin (plural) calpulli (alternative)

Synonyms

chinamitl tlaxilacalli

Questions

What does calpolli mean?: A subdivision of an altepetl; a "barrio".
Where does calpolli come from?: Learned borrowing from Classical Nahuatl calpolli, from calli (“house”) + -polli (“big”).

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