Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eighth route army

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English

Syllables: eighth route army
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party that fought the Japanese military and its puppet armies in both conventional and guerrilla warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 八路軍 /八路军 (Bālùjūn).

Questions

What does eighth route army mean?: a group army under the command of the Chinese Communist Party that fought the Japanese military and its puppet armies in both conventional and guerrilla warfare during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Where does eighth route army come from?: Calque of Chinese 八路軍 /八路军 (Bālùjūn).

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