kulangsu
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Accordingly it was deemed expedient for Mr. McBryde to occupy a station on Kulangsu, a small island close by the city of Amoy."
- "Sir William Parker and Sir Hugh Gough agreed that a simultaneous attack must be made upon the fortifications of the two islands of Amoy and Kulangsu; that in each case a frontal attack was to be made by the navy, while the land forces made an attempt to carry the batteries in reverse. We shall follow, in the first place, the fortunes of the attack on Kulangsu."
- "The Fukien authorities in their memorials made no mention of any promise to Gribble: barbarians were residing on Kulangsu until the indemnity should be paid up, but formal permission for permanent consular residence was another matter, which they referred to the imperial commissioner. Pottinger supported Gribble’s request, but Ch’i-ying throughout 1844 consistently and strongly supported the provincial authorities in objecting to the threatened use of Kulangsu for residential purposes after its military evacuation, fearing that this would really prevent Chinese recovery of the island."
Etymology
From Mandarin 鼓浪嶼／鼓浪屿 (Gǔlàngxù).
Word Breakdown
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