mao-ming
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.27 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Maoming.
Example Sentences
- "Mr. Yang Yung-t'ai was born at Mao-ming Hsien, Kuangtung province, in 1880."
- "Deposits of oil were being opened near Mao-ming in western Kwangtung, and a railroad was built linking Mao-ming first to Canton¹²⁰ and later to Chan-chiang."
- "The crude is transshipped from Chan-chiang by rail to the refinery at Mao-ming. A rumored pipeline under construction from Chan-chiang to Mao-ming has not been confirmed."
- "The only other major railroad in Kwangtung (completed in the 1950s) links the far western port of Chan-chiang and the shale-oil-producing city of Mao-ming to Kwangsi Province."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 茂名