kuang-yüan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Guangyuan.
Example Sentences
- "Finally, however, he was cleared¹⁷ and even got a promotion: he was appointed magistrate of Kuang-yüan in northern Szechwan.[...]During these two years in Kuang-yüan, the world of the little Pa Chin was limited by the walls of the yamen."
- "The troops of the ambitious Ch’in widened the old road which ran through the mountainous region, leading from the modern city of Ning-ch’iang 甯羌 in Shensi, into the Red Basin, by way of the modern cities of Kuang-yüan 廣元, Chao-hua 昭化 and Chien-ko 劍閣 in Szechwan."
- "In the second half of 1907, Pa Chin’s immediate family moved to Kuang-yüan in northern Szechwan, where his father served as the local magistrate."
- "According to local legend she was born in Kuang-yüan, Li county in Szechwan, where a festival commemorating her birth is held on that day at Li-chou."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 廣元, -