Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lintong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Lin-tong
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.

Example Sentences

"On the morning of June 24, we drove east to Huaching Pool, which is outside the city of Sian. This time my tourist guide was a young lady. Huaching Pool is situated near the north side of Lishan Hill in Lintung County, twenty-five kilometers east of Sian."
"Vegetable farmers in the Lintong district of Xian, in Shaanxi province, were forced to plough over more than 10 hectares of celery growing in their fields last week after failing to find buyers, the Huashang Daily reported."
"The Xian housing bureau also expanded existing curbs to include one more district, Lintong. It said the new purchase rules take effect immediately."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨潼 /临潼.

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 臨潼

Inflected Forms

Lin-t'ung (alternative)

Questions

What does lintong mean?: A district of Xi'an, Shaanxi, China.
Where does lintong come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 臨潼 /临潼.

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