Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kunming lake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables: kun-ming lake
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A lake in Beijing, China, on the grounds of the Summer Palace.

name

Synonym of Lake Dian.

Example Sentences

"At Peking's Kunming Lake, processions of people swam between lines of crowded, flag‐bedecked boats accompanied by martial music on loudspeakers."
"Beijing's own much anticipated giant yellow duck is set to float on Kunming Lake, news reports said, but organisers have declined to confirm the location and end the recent speculation."
"The Kunming plateau, 1,896 meters above the sea-level, contains lowlands of considerable size and is fairly well irrigated, especially the shore lands of Kunming Lake. For countless decades this region has been devoted to agriculture, and to this day it is considered generally typical of the agricultural regions in the southwest."

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 昆明湖 (Kūnmíng Hú, literally “Kunming lake”).

Inflected Forms

K'un-ming Lake (alternative)

Synonyms

Lake Dian

Questions

What does kunming lake mean?: A lake in Beijing, China, on the grounds of the Summer Palace.
Where does kunming lake come from?: Partial calque of Mandarin 昆明湖 (Kūnmíng Hú, literally “Kunming lake”).

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