jinchang
/d͡ʒɪnˈt͡ʃæŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Gansu, in northwestern China.
Example Sentences
- "Jinchang, China's leading nickel producer, in Gansu Province, met its annual electrolytic nickel production target 70 days ahead of schedule, the Jinchuan Nonferrous Metals Company announced today.[…]Jinchang has the second biggest deposits of nickelous sulfide in the world after Canada. The city also has mining, smelting, power and construction industries and facilities for industrial and mining research. Jinchang also produces 20 other metals, including gold, silver, platinum, copper, cobalt, palladium, iridium, ruthenium and rhodium."
- "When we reach Jinchang, another forlorn desert town, I change buses for another two-hour ride to the town of Yongchang, a few miles from a village where I’ve heard that locals make some extraordinary claims about their ancestry."
- "It happened at 5:18 a.m. as the train negotiated a curve in the city of Jinchang in Gansu province about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) west of Beijing."
- "In Jinchuan District and Lanzhou New District, both in Jinchang, the supermarkets provide "shared products" to residents, where residents can borrow ladders or other tools as needed."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 金昌