Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

noronha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.83 in modern English

Syllables: noron-ha
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Portuguese.

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Noronha, a habitational surname from the town of Noreña, in northern Spain.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: Noronha

Inflected Forms

Noronhas (plural)

Questions

What does noronha mean?: A surname from Portuguese.
Where does noronha come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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