Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yazhou

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.21 in modern English

Syllables: Ya-zhou
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Sanya, Hainan, China.

Example Sentences

"The Nanshan Port Public Scientific Research Wharf, the first of its kind in China, is now under construction in Yazhou district in Hainan province’s southernmost city of Sanya, according to industry publication China Shipping News. Yazhou is home to Hainan’s largest fishing port, China’s closest harbour to the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崖州 (Yázhōu).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, ^崖州

Questions

What does yazhou mean?: A district of Sanya, Hainan, China.
Where does yazhou come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崖州 (Yázhōu).

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