fushun
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.55 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "In the Fushun mine, apparently on the same seam, the coal reaches a thickness of thirty-five feet, though it averages much less."
- "FUSHUN (FU-SHUN, FUSUNG), an industrial city adjoining Mukden on the east, located on the Hsün river in central Liaoning province, China."
- "In the deadliest incident, torrential rains over the last week caused the Nei River in northeastern Liaoning province to overflow near the city of Fushun, sweeping away homes, roads and utilities and leaving 54 people dead and 97 missing."
- "The state-owned mining companies cut dangerously steep angles into the ground without refilling, a practice that has put Fushun’s future at risk, he said. Landslides now threaten 42.5 percent of Fushun’s urban areas, according to a 2012 government report."
Etymology
From Mandarin 撫順 /抚顺 (Fǔshùn).
Word Breakdown
- Root: ^撫順