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edubba

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
edub-ba
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Sumerian 'house of tablets', a place of learning where archives and literature were stored on clay tablets. A school and repository of knowledge.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒂍𒁾𒁀𒀀 (e₂-dub-ba-a /⁠edubak⁠/, “school”, literally “house of tablets”).

Inflected Forms

edubbas (plural)

Questions

What does edubba mean?
A Sumerian 'house of tablets', a place of learning where archives and literature were stored on clay tablets. A school and repository of knowledge.
Where does edubba come from?
Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒂍𒁾𒁀𒀀 (e₂-dub-ba-a /⁠edubak⁠/, “school”, literally “house of tablets”).

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