chiku
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.43 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Alternative form of chikoo (“sapodilla”).
name
Alternative form of Cigu.
Example Sentences
- "So there are black and white sapotes (no relation), mamey and chiku sapotes (same family). Black sapotes are not the only sapotes – but I reckon Jeannette Winterson would heartily agree there should be a place for one in your fruit bowl."
- "The project is located at Putai, and Chiku, Tainan Hsien."
- "The spokesman said the rest will be produced at newly developed salt fields at Chiku near Chiayi in south Taiwan."
- "Even if all 600 hectares could be sold off, the income of NT$600 million estimated by the county government would amount to no more than half the annual budge of Tainan County, "and for that you want to sell out our heritage?" wonders Mr. Li, a teacher and resident of Tainan County who grew up by the mouth of the Tsengwen River.[…] As they see it, the environmental impact report "is just a matter of compiling the data; if we do it a few more times it will pass," in the words of Chiku township assemblyman Chen Ming-lai."
- "A policy of no net loss for fish ponds, salt ponds, and other potential habitats, including the Chiku Area, should be immediately adopted by Tainan City, Tainan County as well as the Taiwan Salt Company."
- "Black-faced spoonbills are pictured in Tainan County's Chiku Township in this October 2009 file photo."
Etymology
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