miao-li
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.53 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Miaoli.
Example Sentences
- "Other jobs which the governor entrusted to Ch'ao-tung dealt with the economic exploitation of the newly won mountain areas. In the Miao-li region, Ch'ao-tung headed an office for developing the petroleum resources discovered there.³⁸ Without much success during his tenure, the venture was later turned over to private entrepreneurs."
- "Chuang Ying-chang and Ch’en Lien-tung have studied the history and development of the various clans in the Miao-li area of northern Taiwan during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries."
- "Over the years Jehovah's Witnesses in Taiwan have worked hard to plant and harvest seeds of Scriptural truth in some areas that did not seem to be productive. One example is Miao-li County....Two adjoining cities in Miao-li County were among the territories selected for the campaign."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
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