anyang
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.72 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Henan, China.
Example Sentences
- "Research on the oracle bones, scientific excavations at Anyang and elsewhere, and other investigations and discoveries have not served merely to thow light on the civilization of late Shang and early Chou times."
- "The Hongkong-published magazine quoted "Chinese-speaking travelers" who witnessed part of the event in Anyang, a coal-mining center in Honan province, on Aug. 2."
- "The discovery of Anyang square foot spade coin molds near Pao-t'ou in Inner Mongolia leads the author through a literature search for the several Anyang place names; he concludes that the disocvery^([sic – meaning discovery]) location once bore that name and is the probable source of the coins."
- "Today’s Guangming Daily also reports that in Anyang, Henan Province, the father of a student brought a gang to school to beat up a class teacher because their son was neither assessed as being a student of merit nor elected captain of his school’s Young Pioneers detachment. Reports like this, which have also appeared in the past, are shocking and have caused me to reflect deeply."
- "In May 2002, a provincial-level legal investigation determined that Mr. Qin should be released. He was given a suite at a hotel. The Anyang County police organized a banquet."
Etymology
From the Mandarin 安陽 /安阳 (Ānyáng).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 安陽