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mantinada

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
manti-na-da
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An improvised Cretan rhyming couplet.

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek μαντινάδα (mantináda), from Venetan matinada (“a song of the morning”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: μαντινάδα

Inflected Forms

mantinades (plural)

Questions

What does mantinada mean?
An improvised Cretan rhyming couplet.
Where does mantinada come from?
It is traced to Greek.

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