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porus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.69 in modern English

Syllables
porus
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pore.

Dated

name

A village in Manchester parish, Jamaica.

Example Sentences

Etymology

One theory expounded by Wikipedia is that is from porous, for porous soil. Another is that it is from Porras, a captain on the 2nd voyage of Columbus when he landed in Jamaica (Ralway Magazine, November-December 1945, page 340).

Usage

Inflected Forms

pori (plural)

Questions

What does porus mean?
A pore.
Where does porus come from?
One theory expounded by Wikipedia is that is from porous, for porous soil. Another is that it is from Porras, a captain on the 2nd voyage of Columbus when he landed in Jamaica (Ralway Magazine, November-December 1945, page 340).

How to pronounce porus

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