Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

edna

/ˈɛdnə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables: ed-na
IPA: /ˈɛdnə/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name from Hebrew.

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A city, the county seat of Jackson County, Texas, United States.

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A census-designated place in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States.

noun

Initialism of environmental DNA.

Example Sentences

"Edna also said to Tobias, The Lord of heaven restore thee, my dear brother, and grant that I may see thy children of my daughter Sara before I die."
"'Edna', forsooth! No doubt her origin and morals are quite as apocryphal as her name."
"Conjure faces to go with these names: Edna and Joy. Then I'll tell you that Edna, who has a wicked serve, is our team beauty, and Joy is as plain and dour as they come."

Etymology

From Hebrew עֶדְנָה (“pleasure; delight”); a variant of Eden in the Book of Tobit. In Ireland and Scotland it has been used as an anglicization of Eithne.

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: עֶדְנָה

Phrases

Aunt Edna

Frequently Paired Words

Eithne Ena Enya Etna cpDNA dsDNA hDNA mtDNA

Questions

How do you pronounce edna?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛdnə/.
What does edna mean?: A female given name from Hebrew.
Where does edna come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

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