Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jicarilla

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.53 in modern English

Syllables: ji-car-il-la
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Southern Athabascan (Native American) people.

name

An Athabascan language spoken by the Jicarilla people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jicarilla, diminutive of jícara, from Nahuatl xicalli.

Word Breakdown

Root: xicalli

Inflected Forms

Jicarillas (plural)

Phrases

Lipan Apache Western Apache

Frequently Paired Words

Chiricahua Lipan Apache Mescalero Western Apache

Synonyms

Jicarilla Apache

Questions

What does jicarilla mean?: A Southern Athabascan (Native American) people.
Where does jicarilla come from?: Borrowed from Spanish jicarilla, diminutive of jícara, from Nahuatl xicalli.

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