Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ksar el-kebir

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: ksar el-ke-bir
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Ksar el Kébir, from Moroccan Arabic القصر الكبير (le-qṣar le-kbīr), from Arabic القَصْر الكَبِير (al-qaṣr al-kabīr).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: القصر الكبير, القَصْر الكَبِير

Questions

What does ksar el-kebir mean?: A city in Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, Morocco.
Where does ksar el-kebir come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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