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Erdan

Erdan proper noun: synonym of Erdan (island).

Proper noun (1)

Erdan

  1. Synonym of Erdan (island).
    • According to the leading organ of the PLA units stationed along Fujian's coastal areas, since the publication of the "Message to Compatriots in Taiwan," PLA units along Fujian's coastal areas have not fired a single shot at KMT troopts in Dadan, Erdan, Jinmen [Quemoy], Mazu [Matsu] or other...1984 January 30 [1984 January 26], Ding Gu, Huang Mingshan, “The Taiwan Strait Today”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 020, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing XINHUA...
    • Since 1979, the paper says, PLA units in Fujian Province have completely stopped their shelling of Dajinmen and Xiaojinmen (Greater and Lesser Quemoy), Dadan (Tatan), Erdan (Erhtan) and other islands where Kuomintang troops are stationed. The KMT have also decreased their shelling of the mainland...1984 January 30 [1984 January 27], “PLA Paper Sees 'Relaxing' Situation in Taiwan Strait”, in Daily Report: China, volume I, number 020, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Beijing...

Proper noun (2)

Erdan

  1. An island of Lieyu Township, Kinmen County, Taiwan.
    • Our defense area was in the main island of Kinmen, and after a short period of stationing, we were shifted to Lieyu in October 1957. The troops were stationed there until August 7 in the following year, when we were transferred to defend Erdan Island, which was still called “Er-dan” , rather than...[2009, “Mr. Chen Hung-po”, in The 1958 Quemoy Crisis: An Oral History, Ministry of National Defense, ROC, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 87, 94
    • Jinmen, known historically as Quemoy, has had some success building a tourist industry on the back of its even closer link to the mainland, close enough that Taiwanese defectors were said to have swum from there to the Chinese city of Xiamen. The military is also in the process of handing over to...
    • While some in the military are uncomfortable ceding more territory, such as Erdan Island, to tourists, local officials and many military officers in Matsu on the islands have welcomed the development of the resort targeting mainland visitors.2013 June 3, Sarah Mishkin, “Taiwan’s small islands turn to tourism to stay afloat”, in Financial Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 Apr 2022, Asia-Pacific

Examples of Erdan in a sentence

  • The troops were stationed there until August 7 in the following year, when we were transferred to defend Erdan Island, which was still called “Er-dan” , rather than “Er-dǎn” the common name today.¹2009, “Mr. Chen Hung-po”, in The 1958 Quemoy Crisis: An Oral History, Ministry of National Defense, ROC, →ISBN, →OCLC, pages 87, 94:
  • I followed the current to the Dadan Island (大擔島) and the Erdan Island (二擔島) to observe the KMT’s situation.2022 February, Yongming Chen, Zhiyu Zhang, “Practicing the Cold War: What Communism Meant for Xiamen Fishermen/Women in the 1950s and...
  • The frontline islets of Dadan (大膽) and Erdan (二膽), part of the Kinmen archipelago, may be opened to tourists in 2017 at the earliest, Minister Without Portfolio Lin Junq-tzer (林政則) said.2014 May 14, “Dadan, Erdan islets ‘may be open for tourism in 2017’”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Sep...
  • Kinmen defence command spokesman Chang Jung-shun said the live rounds were fired just before 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) at the drone which had approached Erdan islet, with flares being used previously.2022 August 30, Ben Blanchard, Roger Tung, Yimou Lee, “Taiwan shoots at Chinese drone after president warns of 'strong countermeasures'”...

Forms of Erdan

alternative formErhtan

Origin of Erdan

From the Mandarin 二擔.

From the Mandarin 二膽 (Èrdǎn).

Questions about Erdan

What does Erdan mean?
Erdan means synonym of Erdan (island).
How do you use Erdan in a sentence?
The troops were stationed there until August 7 in the following year, when we were transferred to defend Erdan Island, which was still called “Er-dan” , rather than “Er-dǎn” the common name today.¹
What part of speech is Erdan?
Erdan is a proper noun.

Words near Erdan in the dictionary

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  2. erd shrews
  3. erdafitinib
  4. Erdahl
  5. Erdahls
  6. Erdan
  7. Erdaobaihe
  8. Erdaojiang
  9. Erdel
  10. Erdenet
  11. Erdheim-Chester disease

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