wenzhou
/wʌnˈd͡ʒoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Zhejiang, in southeastern China.
Example Sentences
- "The issue of land ownership rights came into focus in Wenzhou in April after the local government demanded that homeowners whose land-use rights had expired after 20 years pay fees of up to a third of the value of their homes before they could sell their apartments. The decision provoked protests from property owners in Wenzhou, a coastal city of eight million that was one of the first to set up private enterprise after the government opened up the economy in the late 1970s."
- "Saola is not the only storm threatening China this weekend, as Haikui, a second Pacific typhoon, is expected to make landfall on Sunday in eastern China, south of the city of Wenzhou, the US Embassy in Beijing said in a weather alert."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 溫州
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /wʌnˈd͡ʒoʊ/
- British English: /wɛnˈd͡ʒəʊ/
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Synonyms
Yongjia
Yung-chia