Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

port royal

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.48 in modern English

Syllables: port roy-al
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A town and former capital of Jamaica.

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Etymology

From port + royal. * (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real * (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal * (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.

Inflected Forms

Port-Royal (alternative)

Questions

What does port royal mean?: A town and former capital of Jamaica.
Where does port royal come from?: From port + royal. * (Jamaica): Calque of Spanish Puerto Real * (Annapolis, South Carolina): Calque of French Port-Royal * (Virginia): From the name of a local landowning family, the Roy family.

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