kaying
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Four of the Maryknoll territories are in South China, the Vicariates of Kongmoon, Wuchow and Kaying and the Prefecture of Kweilin."
- "He had been vicar‐general from 1956 to 1966. He was previously a missionary in Kaying in southern China, receiving the assignment in 1938."
- "In 1925, the Paris society offered Maryknoll another territory in the northeast corner of Kwangtung Province, inhabited by Hakka-speaking people. Father Ford was put in charge, picking Kaying, the Hakka cultural center, as his own main base, and set about developing the area."
- "Interestingly, Nakagawa cites a Chinese translation of Campbell that was published in 1951 by the Perak Public Association of the Hakkas and also in 1923 in Kaying, translated by a Hakka of Meixian district."
- "She sadly bade farewell to the Sisters, who were returning to Jiaying (or Meixian), Guangdong Province, from Hong Kong. With foreseeable dangers ahead of them, the Sisters prepared for the worst in China."
- "After his ordination, he was sent as a Missionary to Guangdong, China. He was appointed the first bishop of Kaying on June 18, 1935. While he was the bishop of Kaying, he built a seminary for the education of native-born Chinese priests."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: 嘉應