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sharjah

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.69 in modern English

Syllables
shar-jah
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.

name

The capital city of Sharjah emirate, United Arab Emirates.

Etymology

Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارقة (aš-šārja). Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa), Hijazi Arabic الشارقة f (aš-šārga).

Inflected Forms

Ash Shariqa (alternative, rare) Ash Shariqah (alternative, rare)

Frequently Paired Words

Abu Dhabi Ajman Dubai Fujairah Ras al-Khaimah Umm al-Quwain United Arab Emirates

Questions

What does sharjah mean?
An emirate of the United Arab Emirates.
Where does sharjah come from?
Borrowed from Gulf Arabic الشارقة (aš-šārja). Compare Arabic اَلشَّارِقَة (aš-šāriqa), Hijazi Arabic الشارقة f (aš-šārga).

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