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raqqa

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English

Syllables
raqqa
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.

name

A governorate of Syria.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلرَّقَّة (ar-raqqa).

Inflected Forms

Raqqah (alternative) Rakka (alternative) Rakkah (alternative) al-Raqqa (alternative) al-Raqqah (alternative) ar-Raqqa (alternative) ar-Raqqah (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Callinicum

Questions

What does raqqa mean?
A city in Syria located on the northeast bank of the Euphrates river, about 99 miles east of Aleppo.
Where does raqqa come from?
Borrowed from Arabic اَلرَّقَّة (ar-raqqa).

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