hengshan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.15 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A district of Jixi, Heilongjiang, China.
Example Sentences
- "Born in Hengshan, Shensi, in 1891, he and Liu Chih-tan built the Party there, and its isolated Red base became a sanctuary for the Communists at the end of the Long March."
- "Then he tried to run away. He wanted to get to Yulin, 240 li away, or to Hengshan, 120 li away."
- "Small arrowheads, small elongated scrapers, and microblades have been found in the Heiliut’uho Valley in Heng-shan Hsien, in what may be a nonceramic context."
- "Investigators said the accident was caused by explosives illegally stored at a home in Hengshan County in Shaanxi Province, Xinhua said.[…] Officials in Hengshan County could not be immediately reached for comment Monday night."
- "In Hengshan Township, Hsinchu County, one person died after being hit by a falling electric pole."
- "Meanwhile, Hsieh had time to post on Facebook, where he said that after the town of Wasaka in Tottori Prefecture and Hsinchu County's Hengshan Township signed a sister city agreement, the target of 140 pairs of sister cities was reached and he feels a great sense of achievement."
Etymology
From Mandarin 恒山 (Héng Shān).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 恒山, 橫山
Inflected Forms
Heng-shan (alternative)