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samarra

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.31 in modern English

Syllables
samar-ra
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of simar.

name

A city in Iraq, on the east bank of the Tigris. In medieval times, it was the capital of the Abbasid Caliphate.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَامَرَّاء (sāmarrāʔ).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: سَامَرَّاء

Inflected Forms

samarras (plural) Samarrah (alternative)

Phrases

appointment in Samarra

Questions

What does samarra mean?
Alternative form of simar.
Where does samarra come from?
It is traced to Arabic.

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