Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

laguardia

/ləɡwˈɑɹdiə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables
la-guardia
IPA
/ləɡwˈɑɹdiə/
11
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from the Romance languages.

name

A surname from the Romance languages.

Etymology

From Romance languages * From Spanish Laguardia, from guardia (“guard”) * From Italian Laguardia, from Sicilian La Guardia (“the guard”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Laguardias (plural) La Guardia (alternative) Guardia (alternative) della Guardia (alternative)

Rhymes With

Questions

How do you pronounce laguardia?
The recorded pronunciation is /ləɡwˈɑɹdiə/.
What does laguardia mean?
A surname from the Romance languages.
Where does laguardia come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

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