wenchuan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A county of Ngawa prefecture, Sichuan, China.
Example Sentences
- "On the evening of March 6, Wenchuan was reached, and a fairly comfortable inn was found in which they made their headquarters for some time."
- "At 2:28 p. m. on Monday, exactly a week after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Wenchuan, the 1.3-billion Chinese people stopped to observe three minutes in silence for the victims."
- "After Wenchuan County officials announced the day of thanksgiving to mark the anniversary on Saturday, the state news media described “beautiful, tidy buildings” that now populate the most ravaged disaster zone."
- "Though An An’s exact birthday isn’t clear, records show he was born in 1986 in Sichuan, China. He originally lived at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan’s Wenchuan County until his transfer to Ocean Park."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 汶川
Inflected Forms
Wên-ch'uan (alternative)