Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perpignan

/ˌpɝpiˈnjɑn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: per-pig-nan
IPA: /ˌpɝpiˈnjɑn/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city, the capital of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.

Etymology

Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: Perpignan, Perpenniānum

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpɝpiˈnjɑn/
British English: /ˈpɜːpɪnjɒn/

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce perpignan?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɝpiˈnjɑn/.
What does perpignan mean?: A city, the capital of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.
Where does perpignan come from?: It is traced to French.

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