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mauritanian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English

Syllables
mau-ri-ta-ni-an
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person from Mauritania or of Mauritanian descent.

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Mauritania, the Mauritanian people or the Mauritanian language.

Etymology

From Mauritania + -an.

Inflected Forms

Mauritanians (plural) more Mauritanian (comparative) most Mauritanian (superlative)

Synonyms

mauritian

Rhymes With

ukrainian iranian romanian albanian tasmanian lithuanian jordanian canaan panamanian pomeranian pennsylvanian transylvanian

Questions

What does mauritanian mean?
A person from Mauritania or of Mauritanian descent.
Where does mauritanian come from?
From Mauritania + -an.

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