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gusu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
Gu-su
IPA
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of modern Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown.

name

Mount Gusu, a mountain near Suzhou

name

The capital of the state of Wu during the Zhou dynasty; a former city located at the site of present-day Suzhou

name

Modern Suzhou itself

Literary

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 姑蘇 /姑苏 (Gūsū).

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Ku-su (alternative)

Synonyms

Gusu District Mount Gusu Gusushan Gusu Shan Suzhou & numerous others

Questions

What does gusu mean?
A district of modern Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown.
Where does gusu come from?
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 姑蘇 /姑苏 (Gūsū).

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