Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

danta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables
dan-ta
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The wood of this tree.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from a certain Ghanaian vernacular name (compare Anyi danta, Sehwi danta).

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What does danta mean?
A deciduous timber-yielding tree native to West and West Central Tropical Africa, Nesogordonia papaverifera.
Where does danta come from?
Borrowed from a certain Ghanaian vernacular name (compare Anyi danta, Sehwi danta).

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