shashi
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Example Sentences
- "The stream first emerges from the mountains at the Ichang gorge, 960 nautical miles from its mouth : and some fifty miles below this point the boulders and gravel of the upper river give place to banks of soft alluvium, the outline of which varies every season, notwithstanding the gigantic embankments with which it is sought to retain the stream in its channel. These begin a short distance above the great emporium of Shashih, situated in the midst of the Hupeh plain, eighty-three miles below Ichang."
- "State-run China Central Television said a flood crest hit Shashi in central Hubei province at 147 feet, just eight inches short of the level that would have required levees to be blasted and the flooding of the homes of as many as 330,000 people."
- "In January, pastors from Shashi Church in Jingzhou, Hubei, and leaders of gathering sites paid visits to nursing homes, families in need, and rural households in the suburbs."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 沙市