Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hauran

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: hau-ran
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A volcanic plateau and geographic area of West Asia, located in southwestern Syria and extending into the northwestern corner of Jordan.

Etymology

From Arabic حَوْرَان (ḥawrān).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: حَوْرَان

Inflected Forms

the Hauran (canonical) Hawran (alternative) Houran (alternative) Horan (alternative)

Derived Forms

Haurani

Synonyms

Auranitis

Questions

What does hauran mean?: A volcanic plateau and geographic area of West Asia, located in southwestern Syria and extending into the northwestern corner of Jordan.
Where does hauran come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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