Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

perugia

/pɚˈuɡiə/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.65 in modern English

Syllables: pe-ru-gia
IPA: /pɚˈuɡiə/

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The capital city and associated province of Umbria, Italy.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Italian Perugia, from Latin Perusia.

Derived Forms

Perugian

Questions

How do you pronounce perugia?: The recorded pronunciation is /pɚˈuɡiə/.
What does perugia mean?: The capital city and associated province of Umbria, Italy.
Where does perugia come from?: Unadapted borrowing from Italian Perugia, from Latin Perusia.

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