anshun
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.09 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Guizhou, China.
Example Sentences
- "In 1904, a group of Miao arrived in the city of Zhaotong seeking a Methodist missionary named Samuel Pollard, to whom they had been directed by a Mr Adam of the China Inland Mission at An-shun, who later translated the New Testament into a romanized version of Hmong."
- "The police in Anshun, a city in Guizhou Province, said in a statement on Sunday that the 52-year-old driver, identified only by his last name, Zhang, had been aggrieved over the demolition of his home that morning."
Etymology
From Mandarin 安順 /安顺 (Ānshùn).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 安順