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An-peng

An-peng proper noun: synonym of Anping.

Proper noun

An-peng

  1. Synonym of Anping.
    • The dried Lung-ngan or Geng-Geng, which is largely exported from An-pêng, the port of Tainan, is described as the longan fruit (Nephelium Longana).[1899, “Lungan Pulp”, in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, →JSTOR, page 219
    • Next morning, however, Commander Bax of H.M.S. Dwarf generously gave me a passage up to An-peng, the Port of Taiwan-fu.1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa, Marshall Brothers Limited, →OCLC, →OL, page 16
    Synonyms:
    Anping

Synonyms of An-peng

Forms of An-peng

alternative formAn-pêng

Origin of An-peng

From Hokkien 安平 (An-pêng) for the place in Taiwan.

Questions about An-peng

What does An-peng mean?
An-peng means synonym of Anping.
What part of speech is An-peng?
An-peng is a proper noun.

Words near An-peng in the dictionary

  1. An-ch'ing
  2. An-chʻing
  3. An-hui
  4. An-k'ang
  5. An-lu
  6. An-peng
  7. An-shan
  8. An-t'u
  9. An-Yang
  10. ana
  11. Ana Cuenca

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