Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tigrayan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: tigrayan
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or relating to the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea.

noun

A member of a Tigrinya-speaking ethnic group found in the Tigray Region.

Etymology

From Tigray + -an.

Inflected Forms

more Tigrayan (comparative) most Tigrayan (superlative) Tigrayans (plural)

Questions

What does tigrayan mean?: Of or relating to the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Where does tigrayan come from?: From Tigray + -an.

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