Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

poyang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.18 in modern English

Syllables: Po-yang
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A lake in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China, the country's largest freshwater lake.

name

A county of Shangrao, Jiangxi, China.

Example Sentences

"Long celebrated as China’s largest freshwater lake, Poyang reaches more than three times the expanse of Los Angeles in the summer wet season. It is home to the rare Yangtze finless porpoise, and its mud flats are the primary winter feeding grounds for thousands of birds that fly south each autumn to escape Siberia’s chill, including the critically endangered Siberian crane. Now it is Poyang itself that is at risk."

Etymology

From Mandarin 鄱陽 /鄱阳 (Póyáng).

Word Breakdown

Root: 鄱陽

Inflected Forms

Po-yang (alternative) P'o-yang (alternative)

Questions

What does poyang mean?: A lake in Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China, the country's largest freshwater lake.
Where does poyang come from?: From Mandarin 鄱陽 /鄱阳 (Póyáng).

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