Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lung-yen

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: lung-yen
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Longyan.

Example Sentences

"After the Nineteenth Route Army had recovered the area around Lung-yen in western Fukien from the communists in October 1932, Hsü took the initiative in establishing the Reconstruction Council."
"In October the army captured eight counties in western Fukien and established a “Committee on the Rehabilitation of Western Fukien” (Min-hsi shan-hou wei-yuan-hui) at Lung-yen."

Etymology

From Mandarin 龍巖 /龙岩 (Lóngyán), Wade–Giles romanization: Lung²-yen².

Word Breakdown

Root: 龍巖, -

Questions

What does lung-yen mean?: Alternative form of Longyan.
Where does lung-yen come from?: From Mandarin 龍巖 /龙岩 (Lóngyán), Wade–Giles romanization: Lung²-yen².

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