andong
/ɑnˈtʊŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.49 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "At the end of October, the Japanese army began a double-pronged invasion of China: one force was to cross the Yalu River and capture Jiulian and Andong (present Dandong, Liaoning); the other was to land troops at Liaodong Peninsula, occupy Jinzhou, and eventually take Dalian and Lüshun."
- "Dandong was formerly Andong. A historic irony is that the military airport, railway, bridges, and roads which were used when the Chinese Army was invading the Korean peninsula are now being used for opening North Korea and promoting exchange with North Korea."
- "The construction of the Sino-North Korean Friendship Bridge at the Yalu River between North Korea and China sets another symbolic example of a constructed image of friendship. This place bustles with the fast-growing traffic of goods and raw materials moving between the two countries. This bridge connects the city of Dandong (former Andong), China’s border town in Liaoning Province, and Sinuiju, one of North Korea’s northernmost towns."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 安東