anshan
/ˈænʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.57 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
name
An ancient Elamite and later Achaemenid Persian city in modern-day Iran.
Example Sentences
- "South Manchuria Railway Co., Peking, China, perfecting plans for early construction new steel mill Anshan, Manchuria, for manufacture steel bars black sheets, railway sleepers, steel poles, and other iron and steel products used railroad construction and operation."
- "It appears a foregone conclusion that the National Government will take Harbin as soon as the Generalissimo gives the nod. Also, as the new 6th Army, one of the corps d'élite of Chinese forces, is now stationed in and around Anshan, a move on Antung appears likely and may have already begun."
- "In old China industry was concentrated in the eastern part of the country. Nearly all the iron and steel enterprises were set up in the cities of Anshan, Penki, Talien, Tientsin and Shanghai, within 100 kilometres of the sea."
- "A dissident detained seven weeks ago in northeastern China has been charged with subversion, a human rights group reported Wednesday. Police in the town of Anshan in Liaoning province notified Wang Zechen’s family of the charges on Wednesday, according to the Information Center of Human Rights and Democracy in China."
- "Women’s jails in China are filled with women who have injured or killed abusive husbands, according to the Anti-Domestic Violence Network, citing research by local women’s federations and scholars. Studies found such women represented 60 percent of inmates in one prison in Anshan, Liaoning Province, and 80 percent of women serving heavy sentences in a prison in Fuzhou, Fujian Province."
Etymology
From Mandarin 鞍山 (Ānshān).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 鞍山
Inflected Forms
Anzan (alternative)