zhangzhou
/ˈt͡ʃɑŋˈt͡ʃoʊ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.36 in modern English
34
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A prefecture-level city in southern Fujian, China.
Example Sentences
- "``It looked as if the winds would carry you away the minute you stepped outside,″ the newspaper quoted Ding Jianmu, an official with the city government in Zhangzhou, another Fujian city, as saying. Seven people in Zhangzhou were killed by collapsing buildings and walls. Another five died in Xiamen and 18 were killed in the nearby city of Quanzhou."
- "My ancestors came from the region of Zhangzhou in Fujian, China."
Etymology
c. late 20th c., from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 漳州 (Zhāngzhōu), from its former status as the seat of Zhang Prefecture, named for the Zhang River.
Word Breakdown
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Inflected Forms
Chang-chou (alternative)
Changchou (alternative)
Jhangjhou (alternative)
Changchow (alternative, dated)
Chang-chow (alternative, dated)