Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

empty quarter

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.35 in modern English

Syllables
emp-ty quar-ter
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A desert encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula.

Etymology

Calque of Arabic الربع الخالي

Inflected Forms

the Empty Quarter (canonical)

Questions

What does empty quarter mean?
A desert encompassing most of the southern third of the Arabian Peninsula.
Where does empty quarter come from?
Calque of Arabic الربع الخالي

How to pronounce empty quarter

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