hei-ho
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Heihe.
Example Sentences
- "During an epidemic of the disease in Hei-ho, northern Manchuria, in 1941, ten per cent of the personnel in the Japanese army were affected."
- "Because of the high latitude, and being located in the east of the mainland, this is the coldest region in the country. To the extreme north is the Hei-ho area that has an average yearly temperature under zero degree centigrade."
- "In respect to population distribution, two points deserve mention. One is the extremely uneven density pattern which can best be illustrated by drawing an imaginary line from Hei-ho in the northwest corner of Heilungkiang province to T'eng-ch'ung in Western Yunnan."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 黑河, -