Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rodinia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.14 in modern English

Syllables: ro-dinia
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The world supercontinent that formed at the end of the Mesoproterozoic era, then broke into eight continents during the Neoproterozoic.

Etymology

From Russian ро́дина (ródina, “homeland”), coined by Mark McMenamin and Dianna McMenamin in 1990.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: ро́дина

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does rodinia mean?: The world supercontinent that formed at the end of the Mesoproterozoic era, then broke into eight continents during the Neoproterozoic.
Where does rodinia come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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