Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ugarit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables: ugar-it
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

An ancient port city in northern Syria, discovered by accident in 1928 together with the Ugaritic texts.

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ugaritic 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚 (ủgrt /⁠ʾugarītu⁠/).

Derived Forms

Ugaritan Ugaritian Ugaritic Ugaritism

Questions

What does ugarit mean?: An ancient port city in northern Syria, discovered by accident in 1928 together with the Ugaritic texts.
Where does ugarit come from?: Learned borrowing from Ugaritic 𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚 (ủgrt /⁠ʾugarītu⁠/).

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