Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

palermitan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: paler-mi-tan
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to Palermo on the island of Sicily in Italy.

noun

A native or inhabitant of Palermo.

Etymology

From Italian palermitano, from Latin Panormitānus. By surface analysis, Palermo + -itan. Doublet of Panormitan.

Origin

Source language: Italian

Word Breakdown

Root: palermitano, Panormitānus

Inflected Forms

more Palermitan (comparative) most Palermitan (superlative) Palermitans (plural)

Questions

What does palermitan mean?: Of or relating to Palermo on the island of Sicily in Italy.
Where does palermitan come from?: It is traced to Italian.

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