duna
Portuguese, noun/ˈdũ.nɐ/
duna is spelled D-U-N-A (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Duna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dune (ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “monte de areia criado através de processos eólicos ou marítimos”.
What does duna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedune (ridge or hill of sand piled up by the wind)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. monte de areia criado através de processos eólicos ou marítimos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of duna
- dunas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce duna?
- Brazil /ˈdũ.nɐ/
- Portugal /ˈdu.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to duna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is duna in Portuguese?
duna appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).