Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

k'o-tzu-le-su

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: k'o-tzu-le--su
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Kezilesu (Kizilsu)

Example Sentences

"Working with Aisa (another rightest) and Said, he plotted to seek greater power for the Uighurs by demanding that Uighur be placed above the Chinese language. He plotted to prevent A-t'u Shih from being included in the K'o-tzu-le-su-k'o-erh-k'o-tzu Autonomous Chou and I-li in the Ha-sa-k'o Autonomous Chou."
"The Kirghiz chou lies along the south slopes of the Tien Shan, which here forms the frontier between Sinkiang and the Kirghiz S.S.R. of the Soviet Union. It is named for the Kizil Su, rendered phonetically in Chinese as K'o-tzu-le-su, the Kirghiz designation of the Kashgar River."

Etymology

From Mandarin 克孜勒蘇 /克孜勒苏 (Kèzīlèsū), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻo⁴-tzŭ¹-lê⁴-su¹.

Word Breakdown

Root: 克孜勒蘇, -

Inflected Forms

K'o-tzu-lo-su (alternative, also)

Questions

What does k'o-tzu-le-su mean?: Alternative form of Kezilesu (Kizilsu)
Where does k'o-tzu-le-su come from?: From Mandarin 克孜勒蘇 /克孜勒苏 (Kèzīlèsū), Wade–Giles romanization: Kʻo⁴-tzŭ¹-lê⁴-su¹.

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