Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

veracruz

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English

Syllables: ve-r-acruz
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A coastal state in southeastern Mexico.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A city in Veracruz, Mexico.

Countable; Uncountable

name

A surname from Spanish.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Veracruz.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Veracruzes (plural)

Derived Forms

Veracruzan

Questions

What does veracruz mean?: A coastal state in southeastern Mexico.
Where does veracruz come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Veracruz.

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