Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nantong

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables: Nan-tong
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China.

Example Sentences

"The eastern Chinese city of Nantong, with a population of more than 7 million, has introduced a new rule to ban near-term resale of certain cheap homes in the latest step by authorities in the country to curb property market speculation. On Wednesday the government of Nantong, near Shanghai and a number of other port cities, said property buyers who have bought new homes at prices much lower than the market average are not allowed to resell their properties for five years."

Etymology

From Mandarin 南通 (Nántōng).

Word Breakdown

Root: 南通

Inflected Forms

Nan-t'ung (alternative) Nantung (alternative)

Questions

What does nantong mean?: A prefecture-level city of Jiangsu, China.
Where does nantong come from?: From Mandarin 南通 (Nántōng).

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