attacapa

Questions about attacapa

What does attacapa mean?

attacapa means "a language spoken by the Atakapa of the Gulf Coast of Louisiana and Texas".

How many syllables are in attacapa?

attacapa has 4 syllables and divides as at-ta-ca-pa under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for attacapa?

Close synonyms include Atakapa, Atakapan, Attacapan. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is attacapa a common word?

attacapa is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.