haimen
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 11
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- 12
- Letters
- 6
Definition of haimen
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
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A district of Nantong, Jiangsu, China; a former county-level city and former county of Nantong, Jiangsu, China.
“At the mouth of the Yangtze, population-density on the island of Tsungming and the peninsula Haimen reaches an exaggerated figure, the one of 1475, the other of 700 inhabitants per square kilometre.”
“Japanese authorities served notice today that they intended to land troops at Haimen, 200 miles down the coast from Shanghai, later tomorrow in a new move to tighten the China coast blockade.”
“The article by the cadres and commune members of the (Chunghsing) production brigade of (Tahsing) people's commune in Haimen County reveals that the correct method of work cannot be differentiated from the correct method of thinking and the correct world outlook, The method of work promoted by Chairman Mao is one of dialectic materialism.”
“The Holy See was informed "a few days ago" of the decision by China to transfer Bishop Shen Bin from Haimen, in the Jiangsu province, to the diocese of Shanghai, the Vatican said.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 海門/海门 (Hǎimén, literally “sea gate”).
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