Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tiare

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables: tiare
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A female given name. Used in Hawaii since the 1980s.

Example Sentences

"Tiare — her father had called her by the name of the white, scented flower which, they tell you, if you have once smelt, will always draw you back to Tahiti in the end, however far you may have roamed — Tiare remembered Strickland very well."

Etymology

From Tahitian Tiare, from tiare, a small white gardenia (Gardenia tahitiensis ), the national flower of Tahiti.

Questions

What does tiare mean?: A female given name. Used in Hawaii since the 1980s.
Where does tiare come from?: From Tahitian Tiare, from tiare, a small white gardenia (Gardenia tahitiensis ), the national flower of Tahiti.

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