Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shayang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Sha-yang
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Jingmen, Hubei, China.

name

A town in Shayang, Jingmen, Hubei, China.

Example Sentences

"But the greatest catastrophe has befallen the neighborhood of Shayang, about 110 miles higher up the river."
"Sha-yang is in the centre of Hupeh and; 120 miles west of Hankow, and has a population of about 60,000."
"An official newspaper in Hubei reported 230 cases at the Wuhan Women's Prison, whose warden was dismissed, and 41 others at another penitentiary in Shayang county."

Etymology

From the postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 沙洋 (Shāyáng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Sha-yang (alternative)

Questions

What does shayang mean?: A county of Jingmen, Hubei, China.
Where does shayang come from?: From the postal romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 沙洋 (Shāyáng).

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