shaoguan
/ʃaʊˈɡwɑn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Guangdong, China.
Example Sentences
- "The transfers began in the early 2000s, and by the first half of 2009, nearly 100,000 Uyghur workers had been sent east under this programme. Several hundred of them were working from May 2009 in the Xuri Toy Factory in Shaoguan, Guangdong, a facility that made toys for Hasboro, Mattel and other international companies."
- "The region has been simmering since a factory brawl in the southern Chinese city Shaoguan last month that killed two Uighurs."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 韶關