derna

/ˈdɜːɹnə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

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"She asked what place I loved most. It surprised me what came to mind: Derna, my mother’s hometown, and I thought of telling her about it, the smell of herbs as we would drive into the hills, the waterfall that comes out of nowhere, the sea always behind you."

From Arabic درنة (Darnah).

Dernah (alternative) Darnah (alternative) Darna (alternative)

Derna District

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How do you pronounce derna?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdɜːɹnə/.

What does derna mean?

A city and port in Derna district, in north-eastern Libya.

Where does derna come from?

It is traced to Arabic.

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