chu-ma-tien
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Zhumadian.
Example Sentences
- "And what, meanwhile, of General Feng and his army? They were ordered to go to Chu-ma-tien in Honan."
- "And he did even better than his word, wiring ahead to the nights' stopping-places, Chu-ma-tien and Chang-te-ho, and when the train pulled in at each place, I was charmingly welcomed by the division superintendent with an invitation from his wife to put up with them;[...]"
- "The Jubilee Mass had a special solemnity due to the presence of two exiled Chinese bishops—Thomas Cardinal Tien, Archbishop of Peking, and Bishop Joseph Yuen, of Chu-ma-tien, Honan—as well as the recently named bishop of Taichung, Formosa, Most Rev. William Kupfer, MM, who was in the United States to attend the Maryknoll General Chapter."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 駐馬店, -