Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cangzhou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Cang-zhou
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.

Example Sentences

"Hebei Province, which surrounds Beijing, is China’s top steel-producing province. Steel plants play a big role in air and water pollution, but the city of Cangzhou’s answer to the problem is an anti-smoking campaign. A Hebei official newspaper, Yanzhao Dushi Bao, reported in July that local officials in Cangzhou held a public meeting pledging their commitment to the anti-smoking cause. With smoke billowing from the chimneys of factories in the distance, officials promoted the slogan: “Curbing air pollution starts with me!”"

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 滄州 /沧州 (Cāngzhōu).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 滄州

Questions

What does cangzhou mean?: A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
Where does cangzhou come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 滄州 /沧州 (Cāngzhōu).

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