tate's cairn
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.29 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A peak in Wong Tai Sin district, Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "Tea is cultivated in several places in the New Territories, e.g., in the Shing Mun valley and at the villages lying in the higher mountain valleys about Tate's Cairn and Buffalo Hill."
- "To the north of Kowloon Peak the ridge dips and rises to Middle Hill and Tate's Cairn, then bends sharply to the west and continues over Temple Hill, Lion Rock and Beacon Hill."
- "The first installation was a Decca storm warning radar with a maximum range of 250 nautical miles based on top of Tate's Cairn. This equipment was used for nearly 20 years, until June 1979."
- "Of all the sights in the world, few can compare with a place Dave and I discovered called Tate's Cairn, a modest hill back in the New Territories whose summit commanded a majestic oversight of the then colony."
- "Hong Kong Observatory unveiled a new weather radar at Tate’s Cairn on Thursday."
- "The maximum sustained winds recorded at Waglan Island, Tate’s Cairn and Cheung Chau Beach were 113, 101 and 97 kmh (70, 62, 60 mph) respectively, with maximum gusts 135, 154 and 130 kmh (84, 96, 81 mph)"