shuozhou
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
Example Sentences
- "In northernmost Shansi, Chang had pressed deeply inside the ancient Great Wall, taking first Ta-t’ung and then Shuochou. On May 8, Yen was finally able to mount a counteroffensive, which retook Shuochou and pushed Chang's Ankuochün back out of northern Shansi."
- "The blast occurred Saturday at the Xishui Colliery in Shuozhou, a major coal mining area in Shanxi province."
- "All seven cities saw an increase in air pollution during January-May. Readings assessed showed an average concentration of hazardous airborne particles - known as PM2.5 - up by as much as 14.8% in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, and by 16.3% in Shuozhou."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 朔州
Inflected Forms
Shuo-chou (alternative)