Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English

Syllables
pu-rus
IPA
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of Puru

name

A tributary of the Amazon river in South America, rising in Peru.

Inflected Forms

the Purus (canonical)

Questions

What does purus mean?
plural of Puru

How to pronounce purus

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