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Koxinga is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Koxinga in a sentence

Koxinga meaning

A Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China's southeastern coast.

Using Koxinga

  • The main meaning on this page is: A Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China's southeastern coast.

Context around Koxinga

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

fujian 1× piracy 1×

Often after:

retreated 1× inherited 1× threatened 1×

Sentence patterns with Koxinga

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and piracy koxinga inherited his 1× chinese under koxinga threatened to 1× formosa to koxinga in the 1× on fujian koxinga retreated from 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

following the manchu 1× in a family 1× spain was forced 1× the loss of 1×

Common sentence endings:

base at amoy 1× nagasaki to macao 1× the spanish philippines 1× trade after 1666 1×

Words around Koxinga

Just before it in the word index:

kowtowing 24 kowtowed 2 kowtow 25 kowroski 3 kownacki 5 kowmung 2

Just after it in the word index:

koy 17 koya 9 koyaanisqatsi 2 koyal 3 koyama 5 koyambedu 9

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaai 6 aani 6 aarne 6 aarya 6 aasb 6 aasen 6

Corpus analysis for Koxinga

  • In this selection, "koxinga" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, fujian, piracy, retreated, inherited and threatened stand out and add context to how "koxinga" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and piracy koxinga inherited his and chinese under koxinga threatened to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "koxinga" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with koxinga

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

In a family made wealthy from shipping and piracy, Koxinga inherited his father's trade networks, which stretched from Nagasaki to Macao. (22 words)

Spain was forced to abandon Zamboanga in Mindanao temporarily and to withdraw its soldiers to Manila in 1662 after the Chinese under Koxinga threatened to invade the Spanish Philippines. (29 words)

Following the Manchu advance on Fujian, Koxinga retreated from his stronghold in Amoy ( Xiamen ) and besieged Taiwan in the hope of establishing a strategic base to marshal his troops to retake his base at Amoy. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

The loss of the outpost on Formosa to Koxinga in the 1662 Siege of Fort Zeelandia and related internal turmoil in China (where the Ming dynasty was being replaced with the Qing dynasty ) brought an end to the silk trade after 1666. (42 words)

Following the Manchu advance on Fujian, Koxinga retreated from his stronghold in Amoy ( Xiamen ) and besieged Taiwan in the hope of establishing a strategic base to marshal his troops to retake his base at Amoy. (35 words)

Spain was forced to abandon Zamboanga in Mindanao temporarily and to withdraw its soldiers to Manila in 1662 after the Chinese under Koxinga threatened to invade the Spanish Philippines. (29 words)

Example sentences (4)

Following the Manchu advance on Fujian, Koxinga retreated from his stronghold in Amoy ( Xiamen ) and besieged Taiwan in the hope of establishing a strategic base to marshal his troops to retake his base at Amoy.

In a family made wealthy from shipping and piracy, Koxinga inherited his father's trade networks, which stretched from Nagasaki to Macao.

Spain was forced to abandon Zamboanga in Mindanao temporarily and to withdraw its soldiers to Manila in 1662 after the Chinese under Koxinga threatened to invade the Spanish Philippines.

The loss of the outpost on Formosa to Koxinga in the 1662 Siege of Fort Zeelandia and related internal turmoil in China (where the Ming dynasty was being replaced with the Qing dynasty ) brought an end to the silk trade after 1666.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "koxinga" in a sentence?
An example: "Following the Manchu advance on Fujian, Koxinga retreated from his stronghold in Amoy ( Xiamen ) and besieged Taiwan in the hope of establishing a strategic base to marshal his troops to retake his base at Amoy." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "koxinga" from authentic English texts.
What does "koxinga" mean?
Koxinga means: A Chinese-Japanese Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China's southeastern coast.
How many example sentences with "koxinga" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "koxinga", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.