Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

denebola

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: denebo-la
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Beta Leonis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Leo.

Etymology

From the Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد (ḏanab al-ʔasad, “the lion's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + أَسَد (ʔasad, “lion”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد, ذ ن ب

Questions

What does denebola mean?: Beta Leonis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Leo.
Where does denebola come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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