Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

la plata

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: la -pla-ta
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, briefly named Eva Perón in the 1950s.

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A town and municipality of Huila Department, Colombia.

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A town, the county seat of Charles County, Maryland, United States.

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A small city in Macon County, Missouri, United States.

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A ghost town in Cache County, Utah, United States.

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A river in Colorado, United States; in full, the La Plata River.

Example Sentences

"In this way, President Peron terminus in Buenos Aires becomes Retiro once again, the city of Eva Peron takes its old name of La Plata, and so on."

Etymology

From Spanish La Plata.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: La Plata

Phrases

La Plata County La Plata dolphin

Questions

What does la plata mean?: The capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina, briefly named Eva Perón in the 1950s.
Where does la plata come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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