gannan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Tibetan autonomous prefecture in Gansu, China.
Example Sentences
- "IN 1970 a hospital was set up in the Wankatan commune in the Kannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in south Kansu province."
- "Some of the worst rioting outside Lhasa took place here in Gannan, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, where the worlds of the Tibetans, Chinese and Hui Muslims converge. It is a dry area of herders roaming the plains and white-walled monasteries nestled against brown hillsides. At least 94 people - almost all police officers - were injured here last March, according to official news reports. The most prominent monastery in eastern Tibet, Labrang, lies in the town of Xiahe, in western Gannan."
- "The death toll jumped to 337 late Monday from an earlier figure of 137, Xinhua said, quoting Chen Jianhua, communist party chief of Gannan Tibetan Autonomous prefecture. Another 1,148 others were missing."
- "Independent reporting in the region is almost impossible because of Beijing’s tight controls. Though foreign journalists can travel to Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, police closely followed a group of Associated Press reporters on a recent trip, preventing them from interviewing most local Tibetans."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 甘南