Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

t'a-k'o-la-ma-kan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: t'a-k'o-la--ma-kan
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

6

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Taklamakan

Example Sentences

"In the ring-shaped peripheral areas from the Dzungari Basin to the great desert of T'a-k'o-la-ma-kan, hundreds of thousands of people have been reclaiming wastelands in the depth of the Gobi and desert which cover several thousand square li."
"The Ho-t'ien Special District in the Uighur Autonomous Region of Sinkiang, lying north of the K'un-lun Mountain and south of the T'a-k'o-la-ma-kan Desert, suffered regularly before the liberation from the menace of drought and sand storm."
"The great Takla Makan Desert of Central Asia is one of the largest sandy deserts in the world. It occupies the central part of the Tarim Basin in the Uigur Autonomous Region of Xinjiang, northwestern China, where it is known as Taklimakan Shamo, or T’a-k’o-la-ma-kan Sha-mo."

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 塔克拉瑪干 (Tʻa³-kʻo⁴-la¹-ma³-kan¹).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 塔克拉瑪干

Questions

What does t'a-k'o-la-ma-kan mean?: Alternative form of Taklamakan
Where does t'a-k'o-la-ma-kan come from?: From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 塔克拉瑪干 (Tʻa³-kʻo⁴-la¹-ma³-kan¹).

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