Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sau ki wan

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English

Syllables: sau k-i wan
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Shau Kei Wan.

Example Sentences

"Along the waterfront hung a pall of smoke from the burning oil tanks and paint factory, and the great heat from the fire at Sau Ki Wan rubber works threatened to disorganize the nearby defences."
"After Colonel Tanaka's 229 Regiment had landed at Sau Ki Wan and infiltrated through the Rajputs, it had come up against C Company of the Royal Rifles commanded by Major W A Bishop. The enemy greatly outnumbered the Canadians."
"Japanese soldiers committed a number of atrocities on 19 December, when the aid post at the Silesian Mission near Sau Ki Wan was overrun. A total of 1,528 soldiers, mainly Commonwealth, are buried there."

Etymology

From Cantonese 筲箕灣 /筲箕湾 (saau¹ gei¹ waan¹).

Word Breakdown

Root: 筲箕灣

Questions

What does sau ki wan mean?: Alternative form of Shau Kei Wan.
Where does sau ki wan come from?: From Cantonese 筲箕灣 /筲箕湾 (saau¹ gei¹ waan¹).

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