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palestrina

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
palest-ri-na
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A town in Rome, Lazio, Italy; ancient Praeneste.

name

Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525 or 1526 – 1594), Italian composer.

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Palestrina, ultimately from Latin Praeneste.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

Palestrinian

Frequently Paired Words

Praeneste Praenestine

Questions

What does palestrina mean?
A town in Rome, Lazio, Italy; ancient Praeneste.
Where does palestrina come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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