Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nanchuan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Nan-chuan
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A district of Chongqing, China.

Example Sentences

"A specimen collected at Nanchuan, Szechuan, by the two German collectors Bock and von Rosthorn, was named H. xanthoneura."
"Sanquan township in Nanchuan district, Chongqing, has received 305mm of rain in the past three days, the heaviest downpour since records began, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday, citing meteorological authorities.[...] In Nanchuan district, two road workers were reported missing, while 32 homes collapsed, and 360 were evacuated, Xinhua reported."

Etymology

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 南川 (Nánchuān).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Nan-ch'uan (alternative)

Questions

What does nanchuan mean?: A district of Chongqing, China.
Where does nanchuan come from?: From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 南川 (Nánchuān).

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