Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cuernavaca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: cuer-nava-ca
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Morelos.

name

A municipality of Morelos. Capital: Cuernavaca.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Cuernavaca, from a Nahuan language (cf. Classical Nahuatl Cuauhnāhuac, from cuahuitl (“tree”) + -nāhuac (“near”)); influenced by cuerno (“horn”) and vaca (“cow”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Cuernavaca

Questions

What does cuernavaca mean?: A city in Morelos.
Where does cuernavaca come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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