Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nine-dash line

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.93 in modern English

Syllables: nine--dash -line
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

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A set of line segments on various maps that have accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China to various contested areas in the South China Sea.

Example Sentences

"Hollywood certainly has a cynical heart: Barbie was banned this week from opening in Vietnam for including on a map the “nine-dash line” that China uses to claim sovereignty over territory in the South China Sea."

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 九段線 /九段线 (Jiǔduànxiàn).

Inflected Forms

the nine-dash line (canonical)

Synonyms

ten-dash line eleven-dash line

Questions

What does nine-dash line mean?: A set of line segments on various maps that have accompanied the claims of the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China to various contested areas in the South China Sea.
Where does nine-dash line come from?: Calque of Chinese 九段線 /九段线 (Jiǔduànxiàn).

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