huguang
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "THis Province of Huquang, divided in the middle by the River Kiang, into a Northern and Southern part, is not inferior to the others in bigneſs ; for it begins in the South in twenty ſix Degrees and twenty Minutes Northern-Latitude, and ends in thirty four Degrees, a Tract of hundred thirty ſeven Leagues and a half ; its length extends to ſeven Degrees, a Tract of a hundred fifty five Leagues."
- "In 1703, Kangxi made a significant concession to the military officials in Huguang province (which later became Hubei and Hunan provinces). He endorsed a proposal by the governor-general of the Huguang province that allowed officers a certain number of so-called qinding or suiding—both meaning “retainers” or “servant soldiers”’—who were supposed to function as officers’ personal servants and not to be counted in the combat force."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 湖廣
Inflected Forms
Huquam (alternative, obsolete)
Huquang (alternative, obsolete)
Fuquam (alternative, obsolete)
Hooquang (alternative, obsolete)
Houquang (alternative, obsolete)
Hoo-kwang (alternative)
Hu-kuang (alternative)
Hukuang (alternative)