Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

anlu

/ˌɑːnˈluː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: An-lu
IPA: /ˌɑːnˈluː/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county-level city of Xiaogan, Hubei, China.

Example Sentences

"In Hupeh District it is at work in fifteen counties: […] Anlu, […] So far as the foreign staff is concerned there were no men added in 1915 and only three ladies: Miss Weaver for evangelistic work in Wuchang, Miss Stephenson for the Anlu Hospital, and Miss McCord for evangelistic work at Anlu."
"Chu conferred with Hsü Ta and Ch’ang Yü-ch’un at Nanking on 23 April. The only ex-Han territories still free from Ming control were the cities of the Han River valley, of which Hsiangyang and Anlu were the most important."
"On 16 February Emperor Zhu Yuan Zhang ordered General Deng Yu to take the troops in Xiangyang (now Xiangyang, Hubei Province) and Anlu (now Anlu, Hubei Province) northward to conquer Henan Province."
"Workers work at the construction site of a makeshift hospital in Anlu city, which is under the administration of Xiaogan city, in Central China's Hubei province, Feb 11, 2020."

Etymology

From the Postal Map romanization of the Mandarin 安陸 /安陆 (Ānlù).

Word Breakdown

Root: 安陸

Inflected Forms

An-lu (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce anlu?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɑːnˈluː/.
What does anlu mean?: A county-level city of Xiaogan, Hubei, China.
Where does anlu come from?: From the Postal Map romanization of the Mandarin 安陸 /安陆 (Ānlù).

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