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reconquista

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables
re-con-quista
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The process by which the Christian countries of Spain and Portugal were reconquered and regained from the Moors.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Spanish re- Spanish conquistar Spanish reconquistardeverb. Spanish reconquistabor. English Reconquista Borrowed from Spanish reconquista (“a reconquest”).

Inflected Forms

the Reconquista (canonical)

Questions

What does reconquista mean?
The process by which the Christian countries of Spain and Portugal were reconquered and regained from the Moors.
Where does reconquista come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Spanish re- Spanish conquistar Spanish reconquistardeverb. Spanish reconquistabor. English Reconquista Borrowed from Spanish reconquista (“a reconquest”).

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