sophonisba
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Punic noblewoman, daughter of Hadrusbal Gisco and wife of Syphax.
name
A female given name from Punic.
Etymology
From Latin Sophonisba, itself from Ancient Greek Σοφονῑ́βη (Sophonī́bē), eventually from Punic 𐤑𐤐𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋 (ṣpnbʿl).
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Sophonisba, Σοφονῑ́βη, 𐤑𐤐𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋