tung-kuan
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.61 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Dongguan.
Example Sentences
- "The next day the train to Tung-kuan was stopped and evacuated several times as Japanese planes flew overhead. In Tung-kuan they waited thirty-six hours in an empty mail car for the train to Lin Fen."
- "Elite interests, especially those of the Teng, were well served by the construction of a large ancestral hall in Tung-kuan City. This hall, Tou Ch'ing T'ang, served Teng living throughout Hsin-an and Tung-kuan counties....This hall provided the Teng of Tung-kuan and Hsin-an counties with an institutional framework for united activities."
- "Chang Pao's Red Fleet experienced similar setbacks. On August 18 they were badly beaten when they struck at the village of Pao-t'ang-hsia, in Tung-kuan county."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 東莞, -