Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pusta

/ˈpʊstə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pus-ta
IPA: /ˈpʊstə/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain; an exclave of the Pannonian Steppe.

Etymology

From Hungarian puszta. Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *pustъ.

Origin

Source language: Hungarian

Word Breakdown

Root: puszta, *pustъ

Inflected Forms

pustas (plural) puszta (alternative)

Homonyms

puszta

Questions

How do you pronounce pusta?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpʊstə/.
What does pusta mean?: A temperate grassland biome of the Great Hungarian Plain; an exclave of the Pannonian Steppe.
Where does pusta come from?: It is traced to Hungarian.

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