masr
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.57 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Example Sentences
- "The name of Cairo is a contraction of the title given to it by its founder of " Masr-el-Kahira," or "The Victory of Egypt," Masr signifying Egypt."
- "An epithet to its name, misri, indicates Masr or Egypt as its home."
- "Masr, meaning both the capital and the land of Egypt"
- "I employ thee for dealing with the men of Masr, so the dress of Masr best becomes thee."
- "But there are many of the people of Daud Nigâlemi in the land of Masr, being Yamanites, the people of Saif of the Ansar, the well known tribe of Magumi."
- "Masr had long since ceased to be the mistress of her own destiny; she had become a province of the Ottoman Empire, which was itself enfeebled now, allowed to keep its territories only by the consent of the Great Powers"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: مصر, مِصْر, מִצְרַיִם