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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ossa

/ˈɑsə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.89 in modern English

Syllables
os-sa
IPA
/ˈɑsə/
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of os

name

A surname.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Larissa regional unit, Greece.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A village in Thessaloniki regional unit, Greece.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Surname borrowed from Spanish Ossa, itself from Basque otsoa (“wolf”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in People.

Inflected Forms

Ossas (plural)

Phrases

pile Pelion on Ossa

Rhymes With

casa asa mombasa kinshasa lhasa lassa basa kielbasa bourassa thalassa kolasa lanasa

Questions

How do you pronounce ossa?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɑsə/.
What does ossa mean?
plural of os
Where does ossa come from?
It is traced to Spanish.

How to pronounce ossa

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