Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minfeng

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Min-feng
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Niya: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

Example Sentences

"247. Brocade mitten with the characters: Yen Nien Yi Shou 1st-2nd century A.D. (Eastern Han) Length 24 cm. Unearthed in 1959 from a site at Niya, Minfeng county in Sinkiang"
"On the ancient Niya delta plain, more than 120 km north of the modern Minfeng (Niya) oasis, the famous Jin-Jua kingdom was founded during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 A.D.)."
"These buses stop at the oasis towns of Keriya (Yutian; 177km/110 miles; 3 hr.; ¥25), Niya (Minfeng; 294km/182 miles; 5 hr.; ¥55), and Charchan (Qiemo; 603km/374 miles; 8-10 hr.; ¥105-¥147)."
"A Uyghur woman named Turakhan who lives in a suburban village of Niya (in Chinese, Minfeng) county in Hotan (Hetian) prefecture told RFA’s Uyghur Service on Wednesday that the village chief and police had informed all residents about “the list of forbidden Muslim names.”"

Etymology

From the Mandarin 民豐 /民丰 (Mínfēng).

Word Breakdown

Root: 民豐

Inflected Forms

Min-feng (alternative)

Synonyms

Niya

Questions

What does minfeng mean?: Synonym of Niya: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Where does minfeng come from?: From the Mandarin 民豐 /民丰 (Mínfēng).

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