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carijona

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
car-i-jona
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A South American indigenous group.

name

The language of these people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Carijona, itself borrowed from Carijona karihona (“Carijona-speaker, person”), from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Doublet of Carib, cannibal, caribe, Garifuna, and Kari'na.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: karihona, *karipona

Questions

What does carijona mean?
A South American indigenous group.
Where does carijona come from?
Borrowed from Spanish Carijona, itself borrowed from Carijona karihona (“Carijona-speaker, person”), from Proto-Cariban *karipona (“person”). Doublet of Carib, cannibal, caribe, Garifuna, and Kari'na.

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