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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gnawa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
gnawa
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of an ethnic group and Sufi religious order in Morocco.

Etymology

From French Gnaoua, from Moroccan Arabic ڭناوة (gnāwa), from Tashelhit agnaw (“stutterer, a person of sub-Saharan origin”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Gnawas (plural) Gnaoua (alternative)

Questions

What does gnawa mean?
Any member of an ethnic group and Sufi religious order in Morocco.
Where does gnawa come from?
It is traced to French.

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