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iansuchian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ian-suchi-an
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The Yangtze River.

Etymology

From Matteo Ricci's romanization of the Nanjing Mandarin pronunciation of 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng) before the palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]

Synonyms

Iansu Yamsu

Questions

What does iansuchian mean?
The Yangtze River.
Where does iansuchian come from?
From Matteo Ricci's romanization of the Nanjing Mandarin pronunciation of 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng) before the palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ]

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