Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

douro

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: douro
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in northern Spain and Portugal.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Douro, from Old Galician-Portuguese Doiro, from Latin Durius, possibly from Proto-Celtic *dubros (“water”).

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: Douro, Doiro, Durius, *dubros

Questions

What does douro mean?: A river in northern Spain and Portugal.
Where does douro come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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