da qaidam
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
An administrative zone in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.
Example Sentences
- "The USGS said the epicentre of the quake was 161 km (101 miles)) north-northeast of Golmud at a depth of 9.9 km (6.2 km). Golmud is an industrial city that is dependent upon potassium mining. Xinhua said some mud houses in Da Qaidam, near the epicentre, had cracks in their walls and a few huts had collapsed. Schools have also been closed."
- "An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted a town in Qinghai province yesterday, triggering panic in nearby cities. Residents of Da Qaidam felt the ground rock violently for more than a minute at 9.22am as the tremor erupted 10km underground."
- "Hot water flows from springs along the border fault system at the SW rim of the Qilian Mountains near the city of Da Qaidam (Qinghai Province, Western China)."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 大, ཚྭ་འདམ