tsaoyang
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Zaoyang.
Example Sentences
- "In December last three American missionaries were among the victims of a bandit raid at Tsaoyang, in the province of Hupeh."
- "The Hupeh provincial authorities have recently completed the construction of a highway from Siangyang to Shasi, a distance of approximately 200 miles; an extension from Siangyang to Tsaoyang has been completed, and this road is being extended through to Huayuan on the Peking-Hankow Railway, a total distance of 170 miles."
- "“It is stated that a general drive against the Kuominchun invaders has already started from Tsaoyang, in North Hupeh, near the Hunan border, and General Liu Shih, the Wuhan garrison commander, expresses confidence that his forces, 100,000 in number, are adequate to deal with the situation."
- "I have the honor to enclose a copy of a communication that has been received from the Reverend Peter Valder of the Lutheran Brethren Mission at Tsaoyang, Hupeh, giving the details of an attack upon the mission at that place by troops endeavoring to find quarters."
- "In the see-saw battle for Tsaoyang in May the Japanese suffered 45,000 wounded or killed, and they had to pull reinforcements from Manchukuo before take Ichang (→ 17)."
- "On 5 December, HUPEH DAILY frontpaged a report on the Tsaoyang County CCP Committee giving free rein to the masses to thoroughly expose and criticize the towering crimes of the "gang of four" in laying their hands on Tsaoyang and added an editor's note."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 棗陽//