Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yong'an

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Yong-an
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county-level city of Sanming, Fujian, China, formerly a county.

Example Sentences

"Amid the upsurge to seriously study, publicize, and implement the spirit of the Fifth NPC, Yungan County has mobilized the whole party and secretaries to take action. Proceeding from assisting the production teams in formulating "plans 1 year in advance," they have quickly restored and implemented the party's rural economic policies for the present period and the system of management of the people's communes, thus effectively mobilizing the socialist activism of the commune members and promoting spring farming."
"In Yong’an county, Fujian province, fiberboard is produced from waste lumber."
"By the time Comrade Luo Fu⁷⁸ (member of the Military Commission) learned about and objected to this move and the Red Army began to move eastward to Yong’an and Shaxian counties, the favourable situation which had existed in the Fujian People’s Government had changed."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 永安

Inflected Forms

Yung-an (alternative)

Questions

What does yong'an mean?: A county-level city of Sanming, Fujian, China, formerly a county.
Where does yong'an come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān).

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