yima
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A county-level city of Sanmenxia, Henan, China.
Example Sentences
- "On the mainland, Yima city, a coal-mining center in central China’s Henan Province, had the highest sex ratio of 153.18 among China’s cities, while Tumeng^([sic – meaning Tumen]) city in Jilin Province had the lowest sex ratio of 99.15."
- "Henan Yima Group Ltd. was constructing a 400,000-t/yr alumina refinery in Yima, Henan Province, and planned to start production early 2010 (CRU Alumina Monitor, 2009j)."
- "The Friday evening explosion in Yima city in Henan province shattered windows 1.9 miles away and knocked off doors inside buildings, Chinese state media reports said. Yima is part of Sanmenxia city."
- "The explosion on Friday evening, in the city of Yima in Henan Province, sent a ball of fire and thick plumes of smoke into the air, according to local state media."
Etymology
From Mandarin 義馬 /义马 (Yìmǎ).
Word Breakdown
- Root: 義馬