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doncella

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
don-cel-la
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fish of Florida and the West Indies (Halichoeres radiatus).

noun

A ladyfish (Bodianus rufus) of the same region.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish doncella (“maid”). Doublet of damsel, demoiselle, and donzella.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

doncellas (plural)

Questions

What does doncella mean?
A fish of Florida and the West Indies (Halichoeres radiatus).
Where does doncella come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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