Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bacallao

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ba-callao
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Spanish.

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Bacallao. This surname is mostly found in Cuba.

Origin

Source language: Spanish

Word Breakdown

Root: Bacallao

Inflected Forms

Bacallaos (plural)

Questions

What does bacallao mean?: A surname from Spanish.
Where does bacallao come from?: It is traced to Spanish.

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