tien shan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Example Sentences
- "In Ilí, the tsiángkiun has authority over[...]the Mohammedans of the Eight cities in Ilí south of the Tien Shán, who are under resident ministers of different degrees."
- "We flew over the Tien-Shan mountains on an air route to Chungking opened in 1940."
- "Pending the completion of the Sinkiang railroad, the region is served by a number of major land routes that have been transportation links since ancient times. They are the North Road (north of the Tien Shan) passing from Kansu through Urumchi and Wusu, where it bifurcates into two routes going to the Soviet Union."
- "Work on the Tien Shan tunnel project at Tapancheng will also be advanced in the beginning of May."
- "In 1851, the Russians obtained important trade privileges on the Sino-Russian border and the right to establish factories and a Consulate at Kuldja north of the Tien Shan."
- "Situated in the Soviet Union and China, the Tien Shan is about 1,500 mi. (2,500 km.) long, trending generally west-southwest to east-northeast."