Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gramadoela

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gra-ma-doela
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A remote, sparsely populated area of southern Africa.

Example Sentences

"The first white pioneers arrived on this ancient soil, and chased Chief Magalie much deeper into the gramadoelas, a place so far away nobody ever goes there. Poor Chief Magalie hadn't heard the rumours on the bush telegraph."
"Gramadoela sanctuaries : Desert gramadoelas are often thought to be wasteland, barren and empty broken country that is possibly good only for pitting the toughest vehicles and testing people's bundu-bashing endurance. In fact, gramadoelas – particularly ours here in the Namib – are far too valuable to be wasted in such ways."
"'Out in the gramadoelas.' 'Which particular part of the gramadoelas?' 'Koue Bokkeveld.' Fish whistled. 'That's miles away. You're driving?' 'As you can hear. Just me'n Melissa.' She turned up the sound: 'I'm fancy-free.'"

Etymology

From Afrikaans gramadoela.

Origin

Source language: Afrikaans

Word Breakdown

Root: gramadoela

Inflected Forms

gramadoelas (plural)

Questions

What does gramadoela mean?: A remote, sparsely populated area of southern Africa.
Where does gramadoela come from?: It is traced to Afrikaans.

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