sanya
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.34 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A female given name from Russian.
name
A female given name from Arabic.
Example Sentences
- "About forty bombers and fighters were based at the Hoihow Airport and at Sanya in the southern part of the island, both fields built by the Japanese and used in the war to strike at Allied positions in China and Southeast Asia.[...]CAT kept planes at its main base at Sanya on a standby basis for emergency evacuation in case of Communist invasion."
- "In mid-November, the commander of the Hainan Military Sub-district ordered troops stationed at Sanya Bay to join the demonstration."
- "One sample question: How will Chinese ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs) based at Sanya, on Hainan Island, reach patrol grounds in the western Pacific should Beijing choose to send them out? To maintain stealth, SSBNs would first have to evade any adversary picket submarines lying offshore. Once in deep water, they would cruise eastward toward the Philippines. In all likelihood Chinese boats would exit through the Luzon Strait, the narrow sea between Taiwan and the Philippine island of Luzon."
Etymology
Transliteration of Russian Са́ня (Sánja), diminutive of Алекса́ндра (Aleksándra) and Алекса́ндр (Aleksándr). In some cases possibly from Serbo-Croatian Сања and Sanja.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Сања, سنيّة, س ن و, -
Inflected Forms
San-Ya (alternative)
San Ya (alternative)
Samah (alternative)
Sama (alternative)
Saamaa (alternative)
Saam-aa (alternative)
Saam Aa (alternative)
Sam-a (alternative)
Sam A (alternative)
Taa (alternative)
Ta-a (alternative)
Ta A (alternative)