xiamen
/ʃjɑːˈmɛn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.44 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city and subprovincial city of Fujian, in southeastern China.
Example Sentences
- "The BRICS -- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa -- had gathered in the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen hoping to counter accusations that the group of big emerging economies was drifting apart and becoming irrelevant."
- "For the past month Beijing has routinely sent drones over the Kinmen islands, which are about six miles from the coastal Chinese city of Xiamen. Recently China started to release high-resolution, close-range drone video of military facilities on Kinmen."
- "After the incident, Taiwan said five Chinese surveillance ships on Monday had entered prohibited or restricted waters of the Kinmen Islands, located a few kilometers from the southeastern Chinese city of Xiamen, home to more than 100,000 Taiwanese."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 廈門//厦門//厦门