lingua franca
NOUN
/,lɪŋwə_'fræŋkə/
13 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH L
lingua franca is a valid 13-letter word worth 18 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
L1I1N1G2U1A1F4R1A1N1C3A1
1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 =18 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 36TRIPLE WORD → 54
MEANING
What does lingua franca mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
A common language used by speakers of different languages.
“Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times”
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