wu-chou
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.92 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Wuzhou.
Example Sentences
- "An even longer river which flowed through Wu-chou to Canton was the Pearl. One level 3b city, Nan-ning fu, and two level 4 cities, Hsün-chou fu and Kuei hsien, served as ports en route to Wu-chou. The other level 3b city, Liu-chou fu, was located on a tributary of the Pearl river in an area from which lumber was sent to Kwangtung. Together with rice from Hsün-chou fu and Nan-ning fu, lumber and other products from the mountains sailed downriver to Wu-chou."
- "The Yung-li ruler, finding Chao-ch’ing insecure, fled to Wu-chou (梧州), Kuangsi province, and then to Kuei-lin, vigorously pursued by the Manchu army."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 梧州, -