Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sampaio

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: sam-paio
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Portuguese.

Etymology

From Portuguese São + Paio, "Saint Pelagius", referring to Pelagius of Córdoba.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: São

Inflected Forms

Sampaios (plural)

Questions

What does sampaio mean?: A surname from Portuguese.
Where does sampaio come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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