Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lake dian

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.59 in modern English

Syllables: lake -di-an
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A lake in Yunnan, China, near Kunming.

Example Sentences

"The chapter will therefore range much more widely than the previous ones, to take in places and events as diverse as the bronzes cast near the shores of Lake Dian in Yunnan province in the south-west, and the Tagar culture in the Yenisei valley in southern Siberia."
"The 74-year-old strident campaigner has spent his life trying to protect the sprawling Lake Dian in southwestern China, challenging businesses to clean up their act around the local beauty spot and reporting those who pollute it.[…]But a plan to divert fresh water to Lake Dian from the Yangtze river 400 kilometres away will take years to complete."

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 滇池 (Diānchí)

Inflected Forms

Dian Lake (alternative) Lake Tien (alternative)

Synonyms

Dianchi Lake Kunming Lake

Questions

What does lake dian mean?: A lake in Yunnan, China, near Kunming.
Where does lake dian come from?: Partial calque of Mandarin 滇池 (Diānchí)

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