nafud

Questions about nafud

What does nafud mean?

nafud means "a desert in northern Saudi Arabia that is noted for its red sand and violent winds".

How many syllables are in nafud?

nafud has 2 syllables and divides as na-fud 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 nafud?

Close synonyms include Nefud, An Nefud, An Nafud. 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 nafud a common word?

nafud is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.