nan-sha
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Nansha.
Example Sentences
- "The Hsi-sha and Nan-sha Islands have been fishing areas for Chinese fishermen for a long time."
- "Tseng-mu Reef is described in Peking publications as "the southernmost part of China" and within the Nan-sha (Spratly) group of islands."
- "Since then, there have been disputes over the question of ownership of the Hsi-sha and Nan-sha islands. The navy of the Nguyen Van Thieu Regime even fought with us at Hsi-sha, ending in a disastrous defeat for them. The Chiang Kai-shek clique now occupies some of the Nan-sha islands."
- "Since 1966, extensive offshore reserves in the continental shelf—stretching from the Yellow Sea as far as Hsi-Sha (Paracel) and Nan-Sha (Spratley) Islands in the South China Sea—have been reported in official Chinese statements,³ reinforcing the long-maintained claim that the PRC holds the third-largest oil and gas reserves in the world.⁴"
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 南沙, -