Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

essaouira

/ɛs.əˈwɪ.ɹə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: es-saouira
IPA: /ɛs.əˈwɪ.ɹə/

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast.

Etymology

From Arabic الصَّوِيرَة (aṣ-ṣawīra, literally “the little rampart”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: الصَّوِيرَة

Synonyms

Mogador Mugadur

Questions

How do you pronounce essaouira?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛs.əˈwɪ.ɹə/.
What does essaouira mean?: A city in the western Moroccan economic region of Marrakesh-Safi, on the Atlantic coast.
Where does essaouira come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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