wu-han
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.56 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative spelling of Wuhan.
name
Alternative spelling of Wuhan.
Example Sentences
- "At the moment much industry of the Wu-han Cities is at a standstill."
- "My flight was going to Wu-han and Nan-ning and thence to Hanoi, which caused a certain interest; it is not every day that British passports go to North Vietnam. My immigration official was suitably inscrutable; he took the thing as no great drama (which it certainly was to me), rather did he appear to regard the trip as a quaint eccentricity."
- "Logically, coal should have been imported from the P’ing-ting-shan mine which is far closer to the Wu-han market."
- "The population is mostly concentrated in the eastern lowlands where the Han river joins the Yangtze at the great tri-city metropolis of Wu-han (q.v.)."
- "The Wu-han cities are physically separated by the rivers: Han-k'ou and Han-yang are located on the left bank of the Yangtze and north and south of the Han Shui, respectively; Wu-ch'ang lies on the right bank of the Yangtze."
- "A stream called the Han River separates Hankow from Hanyang, and these two towns, together with Wu-chang across the Yangtse, are known as the Wu-Han cities. The steel mills, which are often referred to as the "Hankow mills," are at Hanyang."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 武漢, -