Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kingshan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: king-shan
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Jingshan.

Example Sentences

"[...]Japanese troops at 10 a.m., last Saturday, attacked the enemy, some 1,200 strong at Sanyangtien, 27 kilometres north of Kingshan in Hupei Province an enemy strategic point in the western district along the Peking-Hankow Railway, whilst the Mori unit of the Japanese Army, staging surprise raids upon the remnants[...]"
"In Central Hupeh, the Japanese launched another offensive from the Kingshan region, but instead of moving southwestward to cooperate with another column of theirs to capture Shasi, this column swerved to the northwest and succeeded in capturing Chunghsiang on the Han River."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 京山 (Jīngshān).

Word Breakdown

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Questions

What does kingshan mean?: Alternative form of Jingshan.
Where does kingshan come from?: Borrowed from Mandarin 京山 (Jīngshān).

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