Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kushih

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kushih
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Gushi.

Example Sentences

"Kushih Hsien is one of the populous districts of Southeast Honan. It borders on Anhwei province and extends over two hundred li, (70 miles) south to the Hupeh border.[…]At present the district of Kushih has eight organized congregations and two preaching places."
"(2) Huaipin hsien is restored; its present administrative area is the administrative area of the former Huaipin hsien incorporated into Hsi hsien and the two administrative areas of Ch'issu and Changchuang ch'u of the former Huaipin hsien incorporated into Kushih hsien."
"I was interested to hear, when irrigation was being discussed, that the Meishan reservoir I visited in 1959 on the Anhwei side of Tapieh Mountains is now irrigating 400,000 mu of land in Kushih county in the Hsinyang prefecture, which has itself built 200 dams in the last few years."

Etymology

From Mandarin 固始 (Gùshǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Ku⁴-shih³.

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Questions

What does kushih mean?: Alternative form of Gushi.
Where does kushih come from?: From Mandarin 固始 (Gùshǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Ku⁴-shih³.

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