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Spratlys | Spratly

Spratlys meaning

The Spratly Islands

Using Spratlys

  • The main meaning on this page is: The Spratly Islands
  • In the example corpus, spratlys often appears in combinations such as: the spratlys, spratlys are.

Context around Spratlys

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 0 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Spratlys

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

in the spratlys 2× but the spratlys are also 1× in the spratlys and likas 1× in the spratlys have engaged 1× shitang the spratlys within the 1× the spratlys are occupied 1× the spratlys are one 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

the spratlys are 2× but the spratlys 1× fiery cross reef 1× maps published in 1× military groups in 1× these are rizal 1×

Common sentence endings:

in the spratlys 2× and likas island 1× domain of yuan 1× fishing with explosives 1× on hainan island 1× s island groups 1×

Words around Spratlys

Just before it in the word index:

spratly 33 spratley 3 spratlen 2 sprat 5 sprankle 3 spranger 5

Just after it in the word index:

sprats 2 spratt 15 sprauve 6 spravato 5 sprawl 114 sprawled 61

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaa 11 aaba 11 aafc 11 aaib 11 aalbers 11 aardvarks 11

Corpus analysis for Spratlys

  • In this selection, "spratlys" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include in the spratlys and but the spratlys are also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "spratlys" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with spratlys

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

The U.S. Navy's latest freedom of navigation operation challenged excessive Chinese claims in the Spratlys. (17 words)

Fiery Cross Reef is the site of one of China’s seven artificial island facilities in the Spratlys. (18 words)

The Spratlys are occupied by multiple countries, making them the most hotly contested of the South China Sea’s island groups. (21 words)

Longer example sentences

These are Rizal Reef, Patag Island, Melchora Aquino Cay or Panata Island, Kota Island, Lawak Island, Parola Island, Ayungin Shoal, Pag-asa Island (the largest and with the only Philippine airstrip in the Spratlys), and Likas Island. (37 words)

The Spratlys are one of the major archipelagos in the South China Sea which complicate governance and economics in this part of Southeast Asia due to their location in strategic shipping lanes. (32 words)

But the Spratlys are also more than 500 nautical miles from their closest point of resupply, China’s naval and air bases on Hainan Island. (25 words)

Example sentences (8)

These are Rizal Reef, Patag Island, Melchora Aquino Cay or Panata Island, Kota Island, Lawak Island, Parola Island, Ayungin Shoal, Pag-asa Island (the largest and with the only Philippine airstrip in the Spratlys), and Likas Island.

The Spratlys are occupied by multiple countries, making them the most hotly contested of the South China Sea’s island groups.

But the Spratlys are also more than 500 nautical miles from their closest point of resupply, China’s naval and air bases on Hainan Island.

The U.S. Navy's latest freedom of navigation operation challenged excessive Chinese claims in the Spratlys.

Fiery Cross Reef is the site of one of China’s seven artificial island facilities in the Spratlys.

Maps published in the Yuan era invariably included the Changsha (the Paracels) and the Shitang (the Spratlys) within the domain of Yuan.

Military groups in the Spratlys have engaged in environmentally damaging activities such as shooting turtles and seabirds, raiding nests and fishing with explosives.

The Spratlys are one of the major archipelagos in the South China Sea which complicate governance and economics in this part of Southeast Asia due to their location in strategic shipping lanes.

Common combinations with spratlys

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "spratlys" in a sentence?
An example: "These are Rizal Reef, Patag Island, Melchora Aquino Cay or Panata Island, Kota Island, Lawak Island, Parola Island, Ayungin Shoal, Pag-asa Island (the largest and with the only Philippine airstrip in the Spratlys), and Likas Island." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "spratlys" from authentic English texts.
What does "spratlys" mean?
Spratlys means: The Spratly Islands
How many example sentences with "spratlys" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "spratlys", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.