shandong peninsula
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A peninsula in Shandong, in eastern China, between the Bohai Sea to the north and the Yellow Sea to the south.
Example Sentences
- "As a satellite city of Qingdao, Jimo boasts the Laoshan Mountain in the south and the Yellow Sea to the east. It is at the center of the manufacturing base and city cluster of Shandong Peninsula, and one of the majors cities within the 30-minute economic rim of Greater Qingdao."
- "Bohai Sea is on the northeastern coast of China, bounded by Liaodong and Shandong Peninsulas, so pollution there is slow to wash out to the ocean, exacerbating damage to local marine life."
- "In a statement, it said the man, whom it did not identify, had been detained Sunday on suspicion of entering South Korea illegally by sea from China. He had set off from the Shandong Peninsula with a helmet, a life jacket, a telescope and a compass, according to the Coast Guard."
Etymology
Partial calque from Mandarin 山東半島／山东半岛 (Shāndōng Bàndǎo).