shen-yang
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.16 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Shenyang.
Example Sentences
- "WHERE the population is scanty the cities must be few and small. Lyautong, being the most populous province, has the most cities, towns and villages. Shen-yang or Mookden is the capital, and was the residence of the Mandshoor schwandees or princes immediately previous to the conquest of China."
- "Sometime during the Ming dynasty the ancestors of Ts'ao Yin moved from northern Chihli province to Shen-yang, the present Mukden, in the area known as Liaotung."
- "The latest satellite photography showed 423 MIG-19s at two airfields associated with the aircraft production facility at Shen-yang. This is the highest number yet observed in the Shen-yang area."
- "Today, by far the largest consumer of coal in the world is China. There is a striking continuity here, for the earliest known use of coal dates from around 4000 BC in the Shen-yang area of north-east China."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 瀋陽