Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nilas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ni-las
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Newly frozen sea ice in the form of a smooth sheet less than ten centimeters (four inches) thick.

name

Etymology

From Russian ни́лас (nílas), from Saami nulas, 'stripe'.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: ни́лас

Questions

What does nilas mean?: Newly frozen sea ice in the form of a smooth sheet less than ten centimeters (four inches) thick.
Where does nilas come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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