chiu-chiang
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.76 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Jiujiang.
Example Sentences
- "In contrast, Chiu-chiang served primarily as an accumulation point for Kiangsi rice and as a stop for commercial transport on the Yangtze river between Wuhan and An-ch’ing. During the late eighteenth century there were 221 chia (official divisions within the pao-chia system, which reflected population) inside the city and approximately 1,900 chia in the remainder of the hsien, indicating that 10 percent of the hsien population resided in Chiu-chiang city."
- "On February 18, 1853, Chiu-chiang fell to the rebels, who went on to take Anking. Less than a month later, on March 19, the Taiping forces captured the beautiful city of Nanking, which was renamed T'ien-ching (Heavenly Capital) to commemorate the occasion."
- "This army recaptured Wu-chʻang, on the right bank of the Yangtze, in 1854, reached Chen-chiang four years later, advanced to Chiu-chiang and threatened Nanking."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 九江, -