xichang
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A county-level city of Liangshan prefecture, Sichuan, China.
Example Sentences
- "Chao-erh-feng planned some fundamental measures to control the Lolo, including the construction of a through road between Lei-po and Hsi-ch'ang. Up to the present this has not been accomplished, however. The Hsi-ch'ang sector was finished as far as Chao-chio city and beyond to Yeh-lu-na-ta."
- "After a five-day rest at Huili, the Red Army continued its drive northward. Passing through the Yi nationality area of Tehchang, Hsichang the vanguard troops led by Liu Po-cheng made an alliance with the chieftains of the Kuchi tribe, and managed to neutralize the Laowu tribe."
- "A city of flowers and pagodas, Xichang is the capital of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Region, which contains 3.3 million people, 1.37 million of them Yi."
- "A top official in the city of Xichang in Sichuan province was quoted as saying by the Xinhua News Agency that the area had gone 20 consecutive days without rain, with temperatures of 88 Fahrenheit on Monday and winds blowing at 65 feet per second."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
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Inflected Forms
Hsi-ch'ang (alternative)