Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ratnapura

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables: rat-na-pu-ra
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Ratnapura, a city in Sri Lanka

Etymology

From Sinhalese රත්නපුර (ratnapura), ultimately decomposed into Sanskrit रत्न (ratna, “gems”) + Sanskrit पुर (pura, “city”).

Origin

Source language: Sanskrit

Word Breakdown

Root: රත්නපුර, रत्न, पुर

Questions

What does ratnapura mean?: Ratnapura, a city in Sri Lanka
Where does ratnapura come from?: It is traced to Sanskrit.

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