Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zepu

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: Ze-pu
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Poskam: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.

Example Sentences

"On October 24, 1999, terrorists were said to have attacked the police station in Saili [translating 賽力 /赛力 (Sàilì)] Township, Zepu County, with guns, machetes, incendiary bombs, and grenades."
"An official from neighboring Kashgar (Kashi) prefecture’s Poskam (Zepu) county, who also asked to remain unnamed, told RFA that authorities have been instructed to “make sure that everything is safe” while patrolling the streets of the county, and that they had been provided with notebooks including a list of “the names and pictures of individuals on record” to be detained."
"Poskam (Zepu) County is 30 km to the east of Yarkand and is the petroleum and natural gas producing hub of southern Xinjiang."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 澤普 /泽普 (Zépǔ).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 澤普

Inflected Forms

Tse-p'u (alternative)

Synonyms

Poskam

Questions

What does zepu mean?: Synonym of Poskam: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Where does zepu come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 澤普 /泽普 (Zépǔ).

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