Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jiandu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: jian-du
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Former name of Xichang.

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 建都 (Jiàndū, literally “Establishing Prosperity”).

Inflected Forms

Caindu (alternative, obsolete) Kaindu (alternative, obsolete) Gaindu (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

What does jiandu mean?: Former name of Xichang.
Where does jiandu come from?: Borrowed from Chinese 建都 (Jiàndū, literally “Establishing Prosperity”).

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