teng-chou
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.46 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Obsolete form of Dengzhou, former name of Penglai: a district of Yantai, Shandong, China.
Obsolete
name
Alternative form of Dengzhou, Henan
Example Sentences
- "In Teng-chou prefecture (some fifty miles west of Chefoo), the administration was practically run by the Red Spears, who had set up their headquarters in a village there, named a magistrate, and begun to collect a land tax."
- "China now must pay another four million taels before Allied Forces will evacuate Tientsin and Teng-chou [in Shantung].[…] Bruce to Prince Kung. Is going to send Acting Consul to Teng-chou: requests co-operation in selecting best port for foreign trade."
- "AFTER LEAVING Ch’ang-chou, Su Shih briefly held the post of governor of Teng-chou (Wen-teng), a district located in P’eng-lai county on the northern coast of the Shantung peninsula. Although as it turned out he stayed only five days in Teng-chou before he was recalled to the capital, he took full advantage of his time there to visit the rugged mountains along the coast."
- "Mei was traveling together with Hsieh Chiang, who was on his way to his new post in Teng-chou prefecture in southwestern Honan. But in the elventh^([sic – meaning eleventh]) month, Hsieh, who had just reached Teng-chou, died."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 登州, -, 鄧州