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fonseca

/foʊnsˈɛkə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
fon-se-ca
IPA
/foʊnsˈɛkə/
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

name

A gulf bordering El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua.

name

A phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean at 12° 27' N and 54° 48' W, east of Barbados and Tobago.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Fonseca.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Fonsecas (plural)

Rhymes With

rebecca mecca tribeca decca azteca manteca zecca porreca scimeca lagreca

Questions

How do you pronounce fonseca?
The recorded pronunciation is /foʊnsˈɛkə/.
What does fonseca mean?
A surname.
Where does fonseca come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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