hoang sa
/ˌhwɑŋ ˈsɑː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Synonym of Paracel Islands: the Vietnamese-derived name.
Example Sentences
- "Vietnamese sovereignty over the Paracels dated back at least to the early 19th century, when Emperor Gia-Long sent a detachment to Hoang Sa Island, it remained until the establishment of French protectorate over Annam, when France assumed responsibility for the islands."
- "On January 16, 1974, Communist China brazenly invaded the Vietnamese Archipelago of Hoang Sa (Paracels)."
- "In the face of the extremely serious situation in the Truong Sa archipelago area, since December last year Vietnam has three times proposed to the Chinese side to open talks for the settlement of differences concerning the Truong Sa archipelago and other disputes over the common border and the Hoang Sa archipelago."
- "While I was in Hanoi, in summer 2011, the Viet Nam News reported that “Viet Nam has affirmed its sovereignty over the Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagos and protested China’s recent actions concerning the two island groups.” China Mobile (a private corporation) had evidently extended mobile service coverage to include the islands."
- "“The Chinese know very clearly they never mentioned the Hoang Sa or the Truong Sa in their history books or historical maps,” Dr. Son said, using the Vietnamese terms for the Paracels and Spratlys."
- "The Council of Ministers also issued decision 194/HDBT to found, on 19th December, Hoang Sa district , which includes the whole of the Hoang Sa archipelago, and put it under the jurisdiction of Quang Nam-Da Nang Province. Up to that time, the Hoang Sa archipelago had been part of Hoa Vang district, Quang Nam-Da Nang Province."