Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

loma prieta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.94 in modern English

Syllables: lo-ma -pri-eta
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, United States.

Etymology

From Spanish [Term?] (literally “Dark Hill”).

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Questions

What does loma prieta mean?: The highest peak in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California, United States.
Where does loma prieta come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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