Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beinan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: beinan
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan.

Example Sentences

"[…]6) Bureaus for appeasing tenants engaged in reclamation and cultivation of the wastelands were established in Beinan, Qilai and Puli. ("Private Law of Taiwan, Property Rights," Vol 1 pp 9-12)"
"If Basiandong is added to the list, it will be the third potential world heritage site in the county, after the Peinan Archeological Site in Beinan Township (卑南) — the largest-known ancient stone coffin burial ground in the Pacific Rim area — and Orchid Island (蘭嶼, also known as Lanyu)."
"In Taitung County some damage to banana crops in Beinan Township was reported, but crop losses overall were not large, County Magistrate Rao Ching-ling said."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 卑南 (Bēinán).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 卑南

Inflected Forms

Peinan (alternative) Pei-nan (alternative)

Synonyms

Pinan Pilam Hinan

Questions

What does beinan mean?: A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan.
Where does beinan come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 卑南 (Bēinán).

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