Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kin sha kiang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.96 in modern English

Syllables: kin sha kiang
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.

Example Sentences

"From Tsaidam, apparently, the travellers cross the range to which Prejevalsky gave the name of Marco Polo so as to strike the upper sources of the Kin Sha Kiang, which river they hope to follow to Batang, the Chinese frontier post on the main road from Pekin to Lhassa."
"This river flows direct to the S.-E.; not only do the waters of Shuh run into this river, but even those of the Kin Sha Kiang (金沙江) join it at Sui Fu (叙府)."
"The 5th “Red” army corps is also making for Wuting while the 9th “Red” army corps is preparing bamboo rafts for crossing the Kin Sha Kiang (River) northwards to invade south-western Szechuan."

Etymology

From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of 金沙江 (Jīnshājiāng).

Questions

What does kin sha kiang mean?: Alternative form of Jinsha Jiang.
Where does kin sha kiang come from?: From the Nanjing-dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of 金沙江 (Jīnshājiāng).

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