Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

praha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English

Syllables: pra-ha
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Prague.

Example Sentences

"Walter W. Birge Jr. of New York, third secretary of legation and vice consul at Baghdad, designated third secretary of embassy at Praha, Czechoslovakia, and assigned vice consul at Dharan, Saudi Arabia, for temporary duty en route."
"I find it very easy (too easy, perhaps) to visualize some scholarly monk coining the word in his dim cell in the midst of the Hussite religious war and passing it on out of the side of his mouth in a quick whisper at vespers, the word then going around from cowl to cowl all over Western Europe, accompanied by many a baleful glance in the direction of Praha, and many a surreptitious, throat-slitting gesture"
"'While daddy works mommy plays for dayyys in Praha,' the 13-time Grammy nominee captioned her post on Friday."

Etymology

From Czech Praha. Doublet of Prague.

Origin

Source language: Czech

Word Breakdown

Root: Praha

Synonyms

Prague

Questions

What does praha mean?: Synonym of Prague.
Where does praha come from?: It is traced to Czech.

How to pronounce praha

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