nujiang
/ˈnuːˈd͡ʒiæŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A Lisu autonomous prefecture in Yunnan, China.
name
Nu River (the upper reaches of the Salween River in China).
Example Sentences
- "On the side of a commercial van in the city, I saw the logo “Shangri-la Tours” written in English. Miffed by Lijiang's presumption, the Nujiang prefecture along the Salween River appointed a committee of academicians to study the origins of the Shangri-la myth, to see if they might claim it instead."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -
Inflected Forms
Nu-chiang (alternative)
Nuchiang (alternative)