Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gra

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables: gra
IPA

4

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kremer, the Vilna Gaon.

Etymology

From Hebrew גְּרָ״א (gr"a), acronym of גָּאוֹן רַבֵּנוּ אֵלִיָּהוּ (ga'ón rabéinu 'eliyáhu, “Gaon Rabbeinu Eliyahu”).

Origin

Source language: Hebrew

Word Breakdown

Root: גְּרָ״א

Questions

What does gra mean?: Elijah ben Shlomo Zalman Kremer, the Vilna Gaon.
Where does gra come from?: It is traced to Hebrew.

How to pronounce gra

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