Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fiume

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
fi-ume
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Rijeka, a city in Croatia.

name

A former polity in Europe, between 1920–1924.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Fiume, from Latin Flūmen, from flūmen (“river”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Fiume, Flūmen

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Places.

Synonyms

Questions

What does fiume mean?
Synonym of Rijeka, a city in Croatia.
Where does fiume come from?
It is traced to Italian.

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