Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tortuga

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: tor-tu-ga
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An island forming part of Haiti.

Etymology

From Spanish Tortuga, from tortuga (“tortoise”), from the resemblance of the outline of the island to the back of a tortoise.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Tortuga

Questions

What does tortuga mean?: An island forming part of Haiti.
Where does tortuga come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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