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Gaodeng

Syllables: Gao·deng

Gaodeng proper noun: an island of Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.

Proper noun

Gaodeng

  1. An island of Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.
    • Meanwhile, the Mazu islands included a number of smaller islands, including Beigan (北竿) and Gaodeng.2013, Bruce A. Elleman, “PRC Disputes with the ROC on Taiwan”, in Beijing's Power and China's Borders: Twenty Neighbors in Asia, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 271
    • In addition to Taiwan Island, Taipei governs some distant groups of islands/ rocks (Mazu Islands and Kinmen Islands), some of which are located at a sight distance from mainland China (e.g., Gaodeng Island is located 9 km from mainland China and Kinmen Islands are situated a couple of km east of...2022, Alexander Lott, “Tensions in and over the Taiwan Strait in 2021”, in Nilufer Oral, editor, Hybrid Threats and the Law of the Sea: Use of Force and Discriminatory Navigational Restrictions in...

Forms of Gaodeng

alternative formKaoteng

Origin of Gaodeng

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高登 (Gāodēng), reinforced by Tongyong Pinyin.

Questions about Gaodeng

What does Gaodeng mean?
Gaodeng means an island of Beigan, Lienchiang County, Taiwan, in the Matsu Islands.
What part of speech is Gaodeng?
Gaodeng is a proper noun.

Words near Gaodeng in the dictionary

  1. gao dim
  2. gao lak
  3. gao luk
  4. Gaocheng
  5. Gaocun
  6. Gaodeng
  7. Gaogouli
  8. gaohu
  9. gaohus
  10. gaokao
  11. gaol

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