kao hsiung
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Kaohsiung.
Example Sentences
- "In the south, around Kao Hsiung, where many of the training activities of the Nationalist Army, Navy and Air Force are located, the military atmosphere is even more evident."
- "When I was thirteen years old I went for the first time to the provincial capital city of Kao Hsiung, there to attend junior high school."
- "In the early-morning hours of the one hundred ninety-first day of our voyage we passed Liu-Chiu-Yü island, entering Kao Hsiung approaches. The weather was stormy with low, racing clouds and an angry, slate-coloured sea. The awning over the open bridge flopped and thundered in the breeze. To the north I could see the barren peak of Shou Shan mountain, half obscured by rain, a mile and a half from the entrance to Kao Hsiung harbor. I was quite calm, surprisingly so. Ever since Merir Island, I had resigned myself to the prospect of having to live on the Kao Hsiung waterfront until the Isabel had acquired her permanent low profile."
- "It also became apparent that his family was dissatisfied with the medical treatment he was receiving and were praying for some solution to their concern. The answer came when word reached them of a 'miracle doctor' who was noted for his treatment of similar cases at his clinic in Kao Hsiung."
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