chi-chou
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Jizhou (Jeju, South Korea).
Example Sentences
- "[…]August 10-September 7, 1832) : "The [Ming] emperor pacified Yünnan and sent the family-dependents of the prince of Liang to Chi-chou [Cheju, i.e. Tan-lo] where they would be established." We are not informed of the number of Mongols being sent to Korea and Tan-lo this time;[…]"
- "The Dutch ship Witte Paert which sailed to Nagasaki, Japan from Anping, carried 54,700 pieces of ordinary deer skin and 2,000 pieces of large deer skin, with still 30,000 pieces more awaiting shipment at Anping. The Jacht de Sperwer sailing from Anping to Japan on July 29 of the same year sank near the Chi Chou Island (濟州島), with a load, among other things, of 19,952 pieces of deer skin, 3,000 pieces of large deer skin, 3,078 pieces of goat skin, and 920 piculs of sugar."
- "In order to study the effects of orography, we have carried out the above example without orographic considerations. The results indicate that the 48-hour predicted position of the surface low-pressure was in the vicinity of Chi-chou Island, which was further away from the actual position."
- "The present-day name of this mountain, according to the SCTLTK, pp.84-85, refers to Chi-chou Island (濟州島); its Korean name is Cheju-do and it is in the Republic of Korea."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 濟州, -