Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nieuport

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: nieu-port
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city and municipality of West Flanders, Belgium.

Example Sentences

"Ypres was not the actual start of the front; that distinction belongs to Nieuport, a city on the North Sea twentyodd miles down the river Yser from Ypres."

Etymology

Borrowed from French Nieuport, from Dutch Nieuwpoort.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: Nieuwpoort

Questions

What does nieuport mean?: A city and municipality of West Flanders, Belgium.
Where does nieuport come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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