Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nouadhibou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nouad-hi-bou
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in northwestern Mauritania.

Etymology

Probably from Arabic نأو (“shelter, bay”) + Arabic ضَبَاب (ḍabāb, “fog”).

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: نأو, ضَبَاب

Phrases

Ras Nouadhibou

Frequently Paired Words

Ras Nouadhibou

Questions

What does nouadhibou mean?: A city in northwestern Mauritania.
Where does nouadhibou come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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