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tahona

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
tahona
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mill for crushing ore, powered by horses or mules.

Etymology

Etymology tree Arabic طَاحُونَة (ṭāḥūna) Andalusian Arabicbor. Old Spanish atahona Spanish tahonabor. English tahona Borrowed from Spanish tahona, from Old Spanish atahona, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic طَاحُونَة (ṭāḥūna).

Inflected Forms

tahonas (plural)

Questions

What does tahona mean?
A mill for crushing ore, powered by horses or mules.
Where does tahona come from?
Etymology tree Arabic طَاحُونَة (ṭāḥūna) Andalusian Arabicbor. Old Spanish atahona Spanish tahonabor. English tahona Borrowed from Spanish tahona, from Old Spanish atahona, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic طَاحُونَة (ṭāḥūna).

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