Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hokchiang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hokchi-ang
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Fuqing: the Eastern Min-derived name.

Example Sentences

"For the same year (1878) had witnessed a remarkable development at Hokchiang, to the south of Fuhchow, as well as amongst the places to the north of that city."
"On a Monday morning two missionaries came down to the beach of a little harbor on the Hokchiang coast and boarded a fishing-smack to go over to the Island of the Southern Sun."
"1899 Two women opened work for the Methodist Protestant Church in Hunan. The women of the Hokchiang District made a “thank offering.”"
"In 1889 William H. Lacy reported that in the Hokchiang (Futsing) District Christians were driven from their homes, their fields pillaged, fruit trees destroyed, and houses razed."

Etymology

From Eastern Min 福清 (Hók-chiăng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Synonyms

Fuqing

Questions

What does hokchiang mean?: Synonym of Fuqing: the Eastern Min-derived name.
Where does hokchiang come from?: From Eastern Min 福清 (Hók-chiăng).

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