mohe
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A county-level city of Daxing'anling prefecture, Heilongjiang, China, the northernmost city in China, formerly a county.
Example Sentences
- "Only in 2008 did the two countries agree on the border, which tracks the Amur River as it wiggles east for almost 3,000 kilometres from just west of Mohe, China’s most northerly town, towards the Sea of Japan."
- "In a two-storey wooden house with about 100 Father Christmas dolls, the white-bearded figure in a red suit writes down seasonal wishes with a quill and poses with tourists at the theme park on the outskirts of Mohe, China's northernmost city.[…] Mohe, known as China's Arctic Town, holds the record for its lowest-ever temperature of minus 52.3 Celsius (minus 62.1 Fahrenheit), on Feb. 13, 1969. For most visitors, the highlight of a trip is the fulfilment of a long-held wish to meet Santa. "I've achieved my childhood dream," said Huang Liwen, 30, who had travelled to Mohe from Guangdong province in southern China."
Etymology
From Mandarin 漠河 (Mòhé).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 漠河
Inflected Forms
Mo-ho (alternative)
Moho (alternative)