Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

paracas

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: para-cas
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

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Ellipsis of Paracas culture or Paracas civilization, a 1st-millennium BCE pre-Nazca cultural civilization in Peru famous for geoglyphs on hillsides.

Etymology

From Spanish Paracas, from Quechua Paraaco.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Paracas, Paraaco

Questions

What does paracas mean?: A placename
Where does paracas come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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