Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hong'an

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Hong-an
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.

Example Sentences

"At the city’s No. 2 Mill, on the other hand, the management signed a collective contract with the neighboring Hong’an county government, thus utilizing bureaucratic channels, in the belief that a group from one home place would be “easier to control.”"
"[...]villages in Hong'an County, Hubei had expended nearly 200,000 yuan in 1983 for making "clan dragon-lanterns" (xingshi longdeng)."
"Yan Cheng had cerebral palsy and died on January 29 while in the care of officials in Huajiahe township, Hongan county, more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) from Wuhan, the epicentre of the outbreak."

Etymology

c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅安 /红安 (Hóng'ān).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 紅安

Inflected Forms

Hung-an (alternative) Hungan (alternative)

Synonyms

Huang'an Huang-an

Questions

What does hong'an mean?: A county of Huanggang, Hubei, China.
Where does hong'an come from?: c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 紅安 /红安 (Hóng'ān).

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