Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ica

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English

Syllables: ica
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Initialism of Innovative Communications Alliance, an alliance formed by Microsoft and Nortel to develop unified communications products.

name

Initialism of Irish Citizen Army.

name

Initialism of International Contract Agency.

name

Initialism of Immigration and Checkpoints Authority.

name

Initialism of International Cooperative Alliance.

name

Initialism of Impoundment Control Act.

American usage

noun

Initialism of image compression artifact.

noun

Initialism of internal carotid artery.

Example Sentences

"“OMB asserts that its actions are not subject to the ICA because they constitute a programmatic delay,” GAO wrote."

Etymology

From Spanish Ica.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Ica

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

ICAs (plural)

Questions

What does ica mean?: Initialism of Innovative Communications Alliance, an alliance formed by Microsoft and Nortel to develop unified communications products.
Where does ica come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce ica

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