Visa

How to Split "Visa" into Syllables

The word Visa is divided into 2 syllables: vi·sa. Understanding this syllable division is essential for correct pronunciation and spelling.

📝 Syllable Breakdown

• vi — 1st syllable
• sa — 2nd syllable

🔊 Pronunciation Guide

The phonetic transcription of Visa:

• IPA: /ˈviːzə/

📖 Definitions

1. A permit to enter and leave a country, normally issued by the authorities of the country to be visited.
2. visa (third-person singular simple present visas, present participle visaing, simple past and past participle visaed)

📚 Word Origin & History

From 1831, "official signature or endorsement on a passport," from French visa, from Latin charta vīsa (“paper that has been seen”) from feminine perfect passive of Latin vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision, video, vista. From Proto-Finnic *visa (“hard?”). Cognate with Estonian visa, Karelian visa and Livonian vizā. The original adjective "hard, difficult, demanding" is now exclusively found in dialects (and some derivations, like visakoivu); the modern sense "quiz" is a backformati...

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📊 Similar Words Comparison

Compare Visa with related words to understand syllable patterns:

Word	Syllables	Division
Visa	2	vi·sa
VHS	1	vhs
viz	1	viz
vicious	2	vi-cious
viva's	2	vi-va's

🔗 Related Words

Explore syllable divisions of words related to Visa:

vise, visit, visor, VISTA, visa's, visage, viscid, viscus.