lin-t'ung
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.63 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Lintong.
Example Sentences
- "Observations were taken at Hsi-an on the 5th and 6th, and the rate of the chronometer-watch determined; and on the 7th the party left the city and reached Lin-t’ung, a place fifty li distant, where some famous hot-springs exist."
- "This revealing exhibition had scarcely closed when an even more startling announcement from the sip000> Republic of China detailed the discovery of a veritable army of life-size figures and animals in a recently opened tomb at Lin-t'ung in Shensi Province of Northwest China."
- "I therefore had a long, narrow boat constructed, and told sailors to pilot it to Ming-chiao-k’ou in Lin-t’ung county and fetch coal from there."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 臨潼, -