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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

petropolis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English

Syllables
petropo-lis
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former state capital.

name

A neighbourhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

name

Ellipsis of Treaty of Petrópolis.

name

Nickname for Fort McMurray: an urban service area (equivalent to a city) in northeastern Alberta, Canada; the center of the Alberta oil industry.

name

A surname.

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese Petrópolis.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Petropoulis (alternative) Petropoulos (alternative) Petropolos (alternative) Petropouleas (alternative)

Phrases

Nova Petropolis

Frequently Paired Words

Nova Petropolis

Questions

What does petropolis mean?
A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former state capital.
Where does petropolis come from?
It is traced to Greek.

How to pronounce petropolis

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