zaozernaya hill
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
38
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A hill between Hunchun, Yanbian prefecture, Jilin, China and Khasansky district, Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Example Sentences
- ""After the Japanese detachment on July 29 was dislodged from the Bezymiannaya Hill which it has seized, the Japanese concentrated troops, up to one division is^([sic – meaning in]) strength, in front of the Zaozernaya (Changkufeng) Hill located in the Soviet territory). In the night of July 31, at three o'clock, Japanese troops under the cover of artillery fire, suddenly attacked the Soviet frontier patrol and pushed it back from the Zaozernaya Hill."
- "Attached to the map are the signatures and seals of the Chinese and Russian representatives who, on June 26, 1886, signed the so-called Hunchung Agreement, which clearly places the hill Zaozernaya (or Changkufeng) [translating 張鼓峰 /张鼓峰] in Russian territory.[…]As some one pointedly remarked, if there were any doubt about the sovereignty of Zaozernaya Hill, one thing would be clear: it does not belong to the Japanese military, who have no rights there. The hill must belong to the Soviet Union or to China-and China does not claim it.[…] On July 20th, the Japanese Ambassador in Moscow claimed Zaozernaya Hill for Japan and insolently demanded the withdrawal of the Soviet border guards."
- ""Stalin: Tell me Blyukher [translating Блю́хер (Bljúxer)], why is the order from the people's commissar of defense to use the air force to bomb all of our territory taken by the Japanese, including Zaozernaya hill, not being carried out?"
Etymology
Partial calque of Russian сопка Заозёрная (sopka Zaozjórnaja).
Inflected Forms
the Zaozernaya Hill (canonical)
Zaozernaia Hill (alternative)