Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

x station

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.79 in modern English

Syllables: x s-ta-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Mexican broadcast station whose signal overpowers those of stations in the United States.

Canadian usage; American usage

Example Sentences

"Not long after the feds started regulating radio, Mexico's megawatt border blasters—high-powered stations planted just south of Texas and California—started beckoning. The FCC couldn't control them […] That same year, the Mexican government revised its radio licensing law, drastically reducing the X stations' autonomy."
"X-station broadcasts could be heard occasionally in every region of the United States and in Canada, though it is difficult to know who listened to them."

Etymology

From the initial letter X of Mexican radio stations' call signs.

Usage

Canadian usage
American usage

Inflected Forms

X stations (plural)

Questions

What does x station mean?: A Mexican broadcast station whose signal overpowers those of stations in the United States.
Where does x station come from?: From the initial letter X of Mexican radio stations' call signs.

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