eritrea
/ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
name
A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
name
A country in East Africa, on the Red Sea. Capital: Asmara.
Example Sentences
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Latin colōnus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin colōniader. Italian colonia Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰrós Proto-Hellenic *erutʰrós Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós) Ancient Greek ἐρυθραῖος (eruthraîos)lbor. Latin erythraeus Italian eritreo Italian eritrea Italian la Colonia eritreaellip. Italian (l')Eritreabor. English Eritrea Borrowed from Italian (l')Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”), from eritrea, feminine of eritreo (“Erythraean (of or relating to the Erythraean Sea)”), from Latin erythraeus (“reddish”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: erythraeus, ἐρυθρός
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/
- British English: /ˌɛɹɪˈtɹeɪ.ə/
Derived Forms
Phrases
Countries of the world
Italian Eritrea