Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

camilla

/kəˈmɪlə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.24 in modern English

Syllables: camil-la
IPA: /kəˈmɪlə/

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A female given name from Latin.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city, the county seat of Mitchell County, Georgia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Fancy southern names which she couldn't remember five minutes after they'd told her. Camilla? Amelia? Jemima? It didn't matter. Ashworth would have made a note of them."

Etymology

From Latin Camilla, feminine form of old Roman family name Camillus, of obscure and probably non-Latin origin.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Camilla

Usage

Inflected Forms

Camillas (plural)

Derived Forms

Camillagate

Rhymes With

villa manila vanilla gorilla guerrilla godzilla sevilla priscilla padilla guerilla attila flotilla

Questions

How do you pronounce camilla?: The recorded pronunciation is /kəˈmɪlə/.
What does camilla mean?: A warrior queen of the Volscians according to Virgil's Aeneid.
Where does camilla come from?: It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce camilla

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