Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

warka

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.23 in modern English

Syllables: war-ka
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Uruk, the ancient city or the modern archaeological site.

Example Sentences

"The discovery in Uruk of a brecciated limestone vase of the Jamdat Nasr period made of a material almost certainly imported from the Mosul area, and the occurrence at Gawrah and Warka of the curious double looped idols seems to me significant evidence of a close contact between Assyria and Sumer at this period."
"For some unknown reason, Parthian art in Palmyra, Assur, Hatra, Dura-Europos, Warka, Tang-i Sarvak and Shāmi presents a different picture."
"[…] there is general agreement that Nissen’s (2003) estimate of the population of Warka in the Late Uruk period at 40,000 or so people probably represents a reasonable approximation."

Etymology

From Arabic وركاء.

Origin

Source language: Arabic

Word Breakdown

Root: وركاء

Phrases

Uruk-Warka

Synonyms

Uruk

Questions

What does warka mean?: Synonym of Uruk, the ancient city or the modern archaeological site.
Where does warka come from?: It is traced to Arabic.

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