Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jiulong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Jiu-long
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A river in southern Fujian, China.

Example Sentences

"Wind-driven ocean currents from China's booming coastal city of Xiamen, only about 2 km (1.25 miles) away, bring garbage across a sea channel that decades ago was the scene of fierce fighting between China and Taiwan during a protracted civil war. The problem gets worse when it rains, as storms bring extra-large onslaughts from the mouth of the nearby Jiulong River in China."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 九龍江 /九龙江 (Jiǔlóng Jiāng).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 九龍江

Synonyms

Longjiang Zhangjiang

Questions

What does jiulong mean?: A river in southern Fujian, China.
Where does jiulong come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 九龍江 /九龙江 (Jiǔlóng Jiāng).

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