Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peja

/ˈpeɪ.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: pe-ja
IPA: /ˈpeɪ.ə/

13

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The fourth largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous municipality and district.

name

A district of Kosovo.

name

A municipality of Kosovo.

Etymology

Borrowed from Albanian Peja, definite nominative of Pejë. Ultimately from Serbo-Croatian peć (“furnace”), which probably refers to the hermitaries in the caves of nearby Rugova Canyon formerly inhabited by Serbian Orthodox monks.

Word Breakdown

Root: Peja, peć

Inflected Forms

Peć (alternative) Pejë (alternative)

Phrases

Peja Bistrica

Frequently Paired Words

Rugova

Questions

How do you pronounce peja?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpeɪ.ə/.
What does peja mean?: The fourth largest city in Kosovo, and the seat of its eponymous municipality and district.
Where does peja come from?: Borrowed from Albanian Peja, definite nominative of Pejë. Ultimately from Serbo-Croatian peć (“furnace”), which probably refers to the hermitaries in the caves of nearby Rugova Canyon formerly inhabited by Serbian Orthodox monks.

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