dongsheng
/dɔŋ.ʃɛŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.52 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A district of Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, China.
Example Sentences
- "Most villages subscribe to local newspapers, but when they arrive their contents are no longer news; it takes seven days to deliver newspaper from the League centre, Dongsheng, and more than 20 days for newspapers to arrive from outside the area."
- "In empty showrooms of Dongsheng, Ordos' old city, saleswomen immediately offer 30 percent price discounts if a buyer is willing to pay for a property upfront and in cash."
- "In 2006, the headquarters of the local government was moved to Kangbashi from the Dongsheng District, 20 miles north; bus service between Kangbashi and Dongsheng was allegedly cut off so that Ordos’s public officials would be forced to take up residence in the new town."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 東勝, 東升
Inflected Forms
Tung-sheng (alternative)