Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

damietta

/ˌdæmiːˈɛtə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: dami-et-ta
IPA: /ˌdæmiːˈɛtə/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in the Nile delta in Egypt.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin Damietta, from the medieval pronunciation /dɑmˈjɑdi/ of Coptic ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ (Tamiati) with influence from Latin -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), the former sometimes hypothesized to be from Egyptian dmjt (“town, harbor”), from Egyptian d-mi-i-N21:Z1 (dmj, “mooring, port; town”) + t (-t, feminine ending).

Origin

Source language: Coptic

Word Breakdown

Root: Damietta, ⲧⲁⲙⲓⲁϯ, -etta, dmjt, d-mi-i-N21:Z1

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌdæmiːˈɛtə/
British English: /ˌdæmɪˈɛtə/

Inflected Forms

Dalmietta (alternative)

Rhymes With

loretta vendetta henrietta marietta rosetta mehta betta etta beretta panetta ceta operetta

Questions

How do you pronounce damietta?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌdæmiːˈɛtə/.
What does damietta mean?: A town in the Nile delta in Egypt.
Where does damietta come from?: It is traced to Coptic.

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