tay-wan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.05 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The Chineſe divide the Lands they poſſeſs in Formoſa into three Hyen, or ſubordinate Govermnents which depend on the Capital of the Iſland ; each of theſe Governments has its particular Officers, who are immediately ſubjct to the Governor of that Capital, and he to the Vice-Roy of the Province of Fo-kyen, whereof Tay-wan or Formoſa makes a Part."
- "7. In all caſes of piracy committed by trading veſſels belonging to the iſland of Tay-wan (Formoſa,) the offenders ſhall ſuffer death by being beheaded, immediately after conviction; and their heads ſhall be expoſed to public view at the port of Hia-men (Emouy,) together with a written account of their crimes, as a warning to others."
- "Tay-wan, as the Chinese call it, is to the Chinese and Japanese Seas what Malta is to the Mediterranean. Hainan is a commanding point, in as far as southern Shin-wah or China and Tun-kwin or Tonquin are concerned; but Formosa, as the prolongation of Borneo and the Philippine Islands to Japan, is in a far more commanding position."