Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nigritia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
nigri-tia
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

From Latin Nigritia, from niger (“shining black”) + -itia (noun-forming suffix).

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Questions

What does nigritia mean?
Synonym of Negroland, a vague region inland from the Guinea coast, Sub-Saharan Africa or Black Africa generally.
Where does nigritia come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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