Definitions for Shanghai

Shanghai shang·hai

Spelling: [shang-hahy, shang-hahy]
IPA: /ˈʃæŋ haɪ, ʃæŋˈhaɪ/

Shanghai is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 168 anagrams from letters in Shanghai (aaghhins).

Definitions for Shanghai

verb (used with object)

  1. to enroll or obtain (a sailor) for the crew of a ship by unscrupulous means, as by force or the use of liquor or drugs.

noun

  1. Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a seaport and municipality in E China, near the mouth of the Chang Jiang.
  2. a type of long-legged chicken believed to be of Asian origin.

Origin of Shanghai

First recorded in 1855-60; after Shanghai

Examples for Shanghai

It is lo-fi and imperfect, but cheap and “significantly better than nothing,” as one adopter in shanghai said.

The filmmakers travel to shanghai, where locals are left confused by pictures of the dish.

shanghai, as I write this, is just recovering from a bubonic plague scare.

Or the flier who jumped from the Jin Mao Tower in shanghai and slammed into an air conditioning unit on a roof.

In July, Nike announced it was naming one of its new buildings after her in shanghai.

Wenzhou, a wealthy coastal city around 230 miles south of shanghai in Zhejiang province, has around seven million residents.

"I ain't heard the boss say he'd scratch him," said shanghai.

Mose slipped from the saddle and tossed the bridle to shanghai.

And then suddenly I remembered shanghai and how delightful I was there.

They are brought from shanghai, and, as a rule, they languish and die in a few months.

Word Value for Shanghai
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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