liu-chou
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Liuzhou.
Example Sentences
- "He has also left a sacrificial ode to the manes of his fever-ridden young friend Liu Tsung-yüan, who had died at his post in Liu-chou in 819, with an offering "to the numen of my departed friend, Liu Tzu-hou.""
- "While Liu Yü-hsi traveled southeastward overland, Liu Tsung-yüan journeyed southwestward through Yung-chou, his former place of exile, and Kuei-chou (modern Kweilin) to Liu-chou."
- "In spring 815 Liu and the other subprefects were summoned back by the Emperor to Ch'ang-an. He was filled with hope of reprieve and a new position at court, but to his disappointment, he was sent farther away from the capital as governor of Liu-chou in Kwangsi Province, an aboriginal region infested with malaria and other subtropical diseases. The people therewere supersitious and impoverished, and banditry was rife."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 柳州, -