namhoi
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Hong Yau Wai, the leader of the Chinese Reform Party, speaking of the enormous loss of revenue that occurs in China, stated that in his own native district, that of Namhoi, out of a total amount of $240,000 a year, only something over $20,000 reached the Imperial Purse."
- "Thus, at the provincial capital of Canton, the viceroy of two provinces, the governor, treasurer, and judge of one province, salt intendant for two provinces, prefect-general, and two prefects, all have their “palaces,” or praetoria, within a few yards of each other, not to mention the Tartar and Chinese military authorities, the Tartar Customs, and so on; and the city of Canton is made up of the two prefectures or magistracies of Namhoi and P‘unyü, each with its jurisdiction."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
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