kuang-shui
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Guangshui.
Example Sentences
- "The train journey was cold, I was quite thankful for wraps. I had good opportunity for conversation with one and another en route. Owing to a strong wind the train went slowly a good part of the way, and it was fairly late when we arrived at Kuang-shui."
- "Kouang-choui or Kuang-shui (1,061 km.-659.3 m.) is another solitary place, 10 m. from Ying-shan-hsien."
- "The purposes of the Hukuang Railways loan were (i) redemption of as yet unredeemed Gold Bonds with a par value of $Gold 2,222,000 issued by the American China Development Company (ACDC) and (ii) construction of a Government main line (a) of 900 kms from Wuchang, the capital of Hupei, through Yo-chou and Changsha, the capital of Hunan, to a point in the District of Yi-chang-hsien in the Prefecture of Ch’en-chou on the southern boundary of Hunan, where it would connect with the Kwangtung section being built north from Canton, (b) of 600 kms from Kuang-shui, Hupei, connecting there with the Peking—-Hankow line, to Ichang, and (c) of 900 kms from Ichang to Kuei-chou-fu in Szechuan, the Hupei section of the Szechuan—Hankow Railway."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 廣水, -