charkhlik
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The water used in irrigating the soil is led from the Chargalyk-daria, which flows from the neighbouring Altyn-tagh mountains, an elevated range south of Lob-nor."
- "On January 8, 1914, I arrived at Charkhlik (map, Fig. 1) together with three of my Indian assistants."
- "Lop Nor had disappeared, and Lou-Ian was buried in sand. Some sixty years later Charkhlik went to war against Ta Wu Ti of the Wei, who ruled much of China. Defeated by soldiers sent from Liang-chou, Charkhlik became a Wei prefecture. Thus Lop Nor and Lou-lan and Charkhlik disappeared from history within a few years of one another."
- "On March 9 they retreated south to Charkhlik, an oasis on the southern branch of the Silk Road, with their precious load of artifacts."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: چاقىلىق