Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hecuba

/ˈhɛkjʊbə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: hecu-ba
IPA: /ˈhɛkjʊbə/

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

the wife of King Priam of Troy, mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra, who changed through rage into a dog.

Etymology

From Latin Hecuba, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).

Inflected Forms

Hecabe (alternative) Hekabe (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce hecuba?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhɛkjʊbə/.
What does hecuba mean?: the wife of King Priam of Troy, mother of Hector, Paris and Cassandra, who changed through rage into a dog.
Where does hecuba come from?: From Latin Hecuba, from Ancient Greek Ἑκάβη (Hekábē).

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