Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liu-an

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.74 in modern English

Syllables: li-u-an
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Liu'an (Lu'an)

Example Sentences

"On the third day, after covering some seventy li through the southern part of Shang-ch’eng, I arrived at Chin-chia-chai, which was a market town in Liu-an County of Anhwei Province, in the neighborhood of Shang-ch’eng, of Honan Province. The southern district of Shang-ch’eng and the Chin-chia-chai district of Liu-an were relatively old Soviet regions, which took Chin-chia-chai as their center."
"Square stamped sheets of gold money found in 1969 and 1970 at Liu-an and Fu-nan in Anhui testify to the prosperity of Ch’u in the late Chou period."

Etymology

From Mandarin 六安 (Liù'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Liu⁴-an¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 六安, -

Questions

What does liu-an mean?: Alternative form of Liu'an (Lu'an)
Where does liu-an come from?: From Mandarin 六安 (Liù'ān) Wade–Giles romanization: Liu⁴-an¹.

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