Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wallacea

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: wal-lacea
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves.

Example Sentences

"The Indonesian islands of Taliabu, Peleng and Batudaka are in a region named Wallacea, after Alfred Russel Wallace, the 19th-century naturalist who developed a theory of evolution alongside Charles Darwin’s."

Etymology

From Wallace + -ia. Named after Alfred Russel Wallace; see Wallace Line.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Wallace

Derived Forms

Wallacean

Phrases

Wallace Line

Frequently Paired Words

Wallace Line

Questions

What does wallacea mean?: A group of mainly Indonesian islands separated by deep water straits from the Asian and Australian continental shelves.
Where does wallacea come from?: From Wallace + -ia. Named after Alfred Russel Wallace; see Wallace Line.

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