Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

xuan'en

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Xuan-en
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.

Example Sentences

"(Chunmuying) District of Hsuanen County has fulfilled this year's grain procurement quota."
"Some cadres kept two sets of books, one with the real figures in the village and another with fake numbers for the eyes of grain inspectors. This was widespread in several counties in Guangdong province.²³ In Xuan’en county, Hubei, one in three book-keepers falsified the accounts."
"A source from Hubei province, of which Wuhan is the capital, said the patient was Huang Dengying, a 61-year-old former official in Xuanen county who was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2013 for taking bribes, but released early on February 17."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 宣恩 (Xuān'ēn).

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Inflected Forms

Suanen (alternative) Süanen (alternative) Hsuan-en (alternative) Hsüan-en (alternative)

Questions

What does xuan'en mean?: A county of Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China.
Where does xuan'en come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 宣恩 (Xuān'ēn).

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