blagoveshchensk
/ˌblɑɡəˈvɛʃt͡ʃɛnsk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.04 in modern English
33
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Foreign trade goes not to Aigun, but to the Chinese town of Taheiho, which is situated about 30 miles distant from Aigun and is directly opposite the Siberian city of Blagovestchensk, on the other side of the Amur River."
- "The Heilungkiang River which the Russians call the Amur is rather narrower than I had expected it to be, and the old Chinese town of Hailanpao, now the Russian one of Blagoveshchensk, is dominated by a television tower."
- "The Siberian city of Blagoveshchensk is located over 8,000 kilometres from Moscow, but barely 800 metres from China. The two countries are only separated by the Amur river."
Etymology
Transliteration of Russian Благове́щенск (Blagovéščensk), from Благове́щение (Blagovéščenije, “Annunciation”), named after the Church of Annunciation.
Phrases
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Frequently Paired Words
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