Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

i-ling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.51 in modern English

Syllables: i-ling
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Yiling.

Example Sentences

"Of two roads he chose the nearer one which led to I-ling.[...]Unable to go any further, Ts’ao Ts’ao was forced to bivouac by the side of the road till daylight; was overtaken first by Chao Yün, fought his way out, and then by Chang Fei, whom he also outwitted and finally reached I-ling with only twenty-seven men, the remnant of his vast army of eight hundred and thirty thousand men!"

Etymology

From Mandarin 夷陵 (Yílíng) Wade–Giles romanization: I²-ling².

Word Breakdown

Root: 夷陵, -

Questions

What does i-ling mean?: Alternative form of Yiling.
Where does i-ling come from?: From Mandarin 夷陵 (Yílíng) Wade–Giles romanization: I²-ling².

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