Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tanta

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: tan-ta
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A city in Egypt, between Cairo and Alexandria.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic طَنْطَا (ṭanṭā), from Coptic ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲑⲟ (tantatho).

Origin

Source language: Coptic

Word Breakdown

Root: ⲧⲁⲛⲧⲁⲑⲟ

Questions

What does tanta mean?: A city in Egypt, between Cairo and Alexandria.
Where does tanta come from?: It is traced to Coptic.

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