taoyuan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.87 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A city in northwestern Taiwan, formerly a county.
Example Sentences
- "One of the first 4-H members receives an official club banner during the inaugural meeting in Taoyuan."
- "An international seminar entitled "Land Consolidation: Its Potential for New Urbanization at the Rural Fringe" began June 7 at Taoyuan in northern Taiwan."
- "Chen Shui-bian has been transferred from a detention center, in which he was held for over 700 days, to a prison in Taoyuan, right outside of Taipei."
- "Unlike many influential politicians in Taiwan and elsewhere, Lu Hsiu-lien does not come from an elite family. Her father, Lu Shi-sheng, ran a medium-size shop in the city of Taoyuan in northern Taiwan, and her mother Lu Huang-chin, had more children than she could financially support."
- "Taiwan carried out an unprecedented military drill Tuesday, a day ahead of its National Day celebrations, in Taoyuan in northern parts of the country. The drill was attended by Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen, and President of Paraguay Mario Abdo Benitez, who is on a state visit to Taiwan until Thursday."
- "After Yu Hsin-Hsien was elected to the City Council that year in Taoyuan, a city near Taipei, mysterious strangers began inquiring about buying his Facebook page, which had around 280,000 followers. Mr. Yu, 30, immediately suspected China."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, ^桃源