Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lagash

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English

Syllables: la-gash
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient city in Sumer, in contemporary southeast Iraq.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠 (lagašᵏⁱ /⁠Lagaš⁠/).

Rhymes With

cash crash flash trash ash smash dash clash splash nash bash rash

Questions

What does lagash mean?: An ancient city in Sumer, in contemporary southeast Iraq.
Where does lagash come from?: Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠 (lagašᵏⁱ /⁠Lagaš⁠/).

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