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yangtze kiang

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
yangtze kiang
IPA
30
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
1
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Alternative form of Yangtze.

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing Mandarin pronunciation of 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng) before the palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

Word Breakdown

Questions

What does yangtze kiang mean?
Alternative form of Yangtze.
Where does yangtze kiang come from?
From the Postal Romanization of the Nanjing Mandarin pronunciation of 揚子江 /扬子江 (Yángzǐ Jiāng) before the palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

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