harpia

Questions about harpia

What does harpia mean?

harpia means "a genus of Accipitridae".

How many syllables are in harpia?

harpia has 3 syllables and divides as har-pi-a 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 harpia?

Close synonyms include genus Harpia. 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 harpia a common word?

harpia 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.