Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chira

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables: chi-ra
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Qira.

Example Sentences

"The best point for beginning my investigations seemed to be a group of ruins, Uzun-Tetti and other, which lie in the zone of vegetation a few miles north and east of Chira, and another group, Dandan-Uilik and Rawak, which lie far out in the sandy Takla-Makan desert, fifty or sixty miles north of Chira."
"In one village in Chira county, Hoten, no cases of "illegal religious activity" occurred for a one-year period, after authorities implemented the pledge system, according to a March 18, 2008, report on Fazhi Xinjiang."
"Salamet Memetimin, the communist party secretary for Chaka township’s Bekchan village, in Hotan (in Chinese, Hetian) prefecture’s Chira (Cele) county, was among 97 officials recently charged with disciplinary violations, according to an April 10 report by the state-run Hotan Daily newspaper."

Etymology

Borrowed from Uyghur چىرا (chira).

Word Breakdown

Root: چىرا

Questions

What does chira mean?: Alternative form of Qira.
Where does chira come from?: Borrowed from Uyghur چىرا (chira).

How to pronounce chira

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