Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dongfang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.54 in modern English

Syllables: Dong-fang
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A sub-prefectural city of Hainan, China.

Example Sentences

"Comrade (Lin Wang-ching), former secretary of the control committee of the Hainan Regional CCP Committee, died in Tungfang County on 12 July 1967 as a result of persecution by the counterrevolutionary revisionist line of Lin Piao and the gang of four. A memorial service was held for him in Haikow on 12 December."
"The company said the project would be located in Dongfang in its home island province of Hainan, in southern China, and would produce 20,000 tonnes per year of lithium hydroxide, a chemical favoured in lithium-rich EV batteries."

Etymology

From Mandarin 東方 /东方 (Dōngfāng).

Word Breakdown

Root: ^東方

Questions

What does dongfang mean?: A sub-prefectural city of Hainan, China.
Where does dongfang come from?: From Mandarin 東方 /东方 (Dōngfāng).

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