Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yangquan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Yang-quan
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.

Example Sentences

"Yangchuan, the leading anthracite producer in China with twelve pairs of mine shafts, fulfilled its 1975 target forty-one days ahead of time and probably produced 7 to 9 million tons during the year."
"The mayors of Handan in Hebei province and Jincheng and Yangquan in Shanxi province were given the orders after being summoned to a meeting at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment in Beijing on Thursday to account for their actions during a recent campaign against smog."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陽泉 /阳泉 (Yángquán).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 陽泉

Inflected Forms

Yang-ch'üan (alternative) Yangchüan (alternative)

Questions

What does yangquan mean?: A prefecture-level city of Shanxi, China.
Where does yangquan come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 陽泉 /阳泉 (Yángquán).

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