saqqarah

Questions about saqqarah

What does saqqarah mean?

saqqarah means "a town in northern Egypt; site of the oldest Egyptian pyramids".

How many syllables are in saqqarah?

saqqarah has 3 syllables and divides as saq-qa-rah 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 saqqarah?

Close synonyms include Saqqara, Sakkara. 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 saqqarah a common word?

saqqarah 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.