kinning
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.38 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Jinning (Taiwan)
Example Sentences
- "The whole Kinmen island complex was divided into 7 operation areas, namely, Tatan, Erhtan, Small Kinmen, and Kinchen-Kinshan, Kinning, Kinhu and Kinsa on Kinmen."
- "Rural legal consultation services are provided to Wulai by Taipei Branch, to Sanmin Township in Kaohsiung County by Kaohsiung Branch, to Dongyin by Matsu Branch, to Kinning by Kinmen Branch, and to Cimei by Penghu Branch."
- "The highest infection rate was also observed at the district of Kinning township (33.3%). Thus, our results not only reveal the prevalence of Babesia infection among rodents in the Kinmen island but also primarily identify the persistence of B. microti in the natural hosts of Taiwan."
- "The suspect, surnamed Chen (陳), was wanted in connection to a robbery and kidnapping involving Kincheng Township (金城) representative council head Chen Tien-cheng (陳天成), police said. The suspect was found in Kinning Township (金寧) but refused to open the door when [police] arrived. Officers said they heard a gunshot from inside the residence."
- "Four concerts are each to begin at 7pm at Houhu Seashore Park in the county’s Kinning Township (金寧), the Kinmen Recreation and Tourism Department said in a statement on Friday last week."
- "The collection sites in four townships of Kinmen Island include Kinhu (24°41' N, 118°43' E; 24°43' N, 118°46' E), Kinsha (24°52' N, 118°41' E; 24°50' N, 118°44' E), Kinning (24°45' N, 118°37' E) and Kincheng (24°40' N, 118°31' E) (Figure 1)."
Etymology
From the Nanking court dialect (later Postal Romanization) romanization of Mandarin 金寧 /金宁 (Jīnníng), from before the modern palatalization of /k/ to /tɕ/.
Word Breakdown
- Root: 金寧