Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

namibian

/nəˈmɪˌbi.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: namib-ian
IPA: /nəˈmɪˌbi.ən/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, from, or pertaining to Namibia, the Namibian people or the Namibian language.

noun

A person from Namibia or of Namibian descent.

name

An age from 900 to 542 million years ago, a subdivision of the Neoproterozoic.

Etymology

Etymology tree English Namibia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Namibian From Namibia + -an.

Inflected Forms

more Namibian (comparative) most Namibian (superlative) Namibians (plural) the Namibian (canonical)

Derived Forms

Namibianness Namlish

Phrases

German Namibian

Rhymes With

caribbean amphibian

Questions

How do you pronounce namibian?: The recorded pronunciation is /nəˈmɪˌbi.ən/.
What does namibian mean?: Of, from, or pertaining to Namibia, the Namibian people or the Namibian language.
Where does namibian come from?: Etymology tree English Namibia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Namibian From Namibia + -an.

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