k'un-lun
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Kunlun.
Example Sentences
- "On the south this hunge drainageless area is bordered throughout by the northernmost chain of the mighty mountain system of the K'un-lun and by the spurs it sends down toward the plains."
- "The Ho-t'ien Special District in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, lying north of the K'un-lun Mountain and south of the T'a-k'o-la-ma-kan Desert, suffered regularly before the liberation from the menace of drought and sand storm. Agricultural production was very backward. In 1958, the peasants of the whole district, relying on the great power of the people's communes and showing their spirit of self-reliance, used pebbles to build dikes which channeled the melted snow from the K'un-lun Mountain for irrigation."
- "This city lies in an oasis in the Taklamakan Desert, a region which can be characterised by a near-lunar landscape where little life is found. The city lies at the foot of the K’un-lun mountains and jade is collected from two rivers, the Kara-kash and the Yurung-kash, meaning ‘Black Jade River’ and ‘White Jade River’ respectively."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 崑崙, -