yang-chou
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.93 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Yangzhou.
Example Sentences
- "53. This temple, in Yang-chou, Kiang-su Province, was on a terrace erected by General Wu of the Ch'ên Dynasty and was named after him."
- "As the second capital, Nanking maintained a separate smaller central government and the larger and more important Imperial Academy. Many of the officials and officers were so much attracted by the region's wealth and comfort that they chose to settle here permanently. Their descendants benefited frim family influence and often passed higher examinations under their official southern Kiangsu residential registrations. In addition, the reform in the salt administration around the turn of the fifteenth century further attracted many rich merchant groups to Yang-chou, the headquarters of the country's largest salt administration, although many of them chose to reside permanently in other southern Kiangsu cities."
- "In the eighth month of the year, Ou-yang was exiled to Ch'u-chou prefecture in eastern-central Anhui, where he was to remain until early in 1048 when he became Prefect of Yang-chou."
Etymology
Word Breakdown
- Root: 揚州, -