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elmina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
elmi-na
IPA
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in the Central Region of Ghana.

name

A town in Selangor, Malaysia.

Etymology

The Malaysian town's name was from Elmina Estate, one of the country's oldest oil palm plantations dating back to 1917. It was possibly derived from Portuguese el mina (“the mine”), which referred to the plantation itself.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does elmina mean?
A town in the Central Region of Ghana.
Where does elmina come from?
It is traced to Portuguese.

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