urna
noun
urna is spelled U-R-N-A: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, urna means “A spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of urna is urnas or urnae.
How many letters and syllables are in urna?
| Letters | 4: U-R-N-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 32 million words; the 173,967th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is urna?
Urna appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with urna?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as urna.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: ruan, naur.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of urna
- urnas plural
- urnae plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does urna mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A spiral or circular dot placed on the forehead of Buddhist images as an auspicious mark.
- 2
A Roman unit of liquid measure reckoned as the volume of 40 Roman pounds of wine and equivalent to about 13 L although differing slightly over time.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does urna come from?
From Sanskrit ऊर्णा (ūrṇā, “wool, thread”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).