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Hengchun

Syllables: Heng·chun

Hengchun proper noun: an urban township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Hengchun

  1. An urban township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
    • Even the influence and authority that had once existed, had now been practically lost. We are told of a village, Siehmali (Sha-mari), about five miles east of Hengchun, inhabited by savages who during the reign of Kienlung (1736-1796) shaved their heads, and became loyal subjects of the emperor.1903, James W. Davidson, “The Formosan Camphor Industry”, in The Island of Formosa Past and Present, page 209
    • WHALING IN 1957 UNSUCCESSFUL: The 185-ton Japanese catcher that operated from Hengchun (southern tip of Taiwan) from March to April 1957 caught only 4 whales. A 375-ton catcher arrived at Hengchun in late December 1957 under the same Sino-Japanese cooperation arrangement. With this earlier start...1958 April, “Taiwan (Formosa)”, in Commercial Fisheries Review, volume 20, number 4, Washington, D.C.: Fish and Wildlife Service, page 74

Examples of Hengchun in a sentence

  • WHALING IN 1957 UNSUCCESSFUL: The 185-ton Japanese catcher that operated from Hengchun (southern tip of Taiwan) from March to April 1957 caught only 4 whales.1958 April, “Taiwan (Formosa)”, in Commercial Fisheries Review, volume 20, number 4, Washington, D.C.: Fish and Wildlife Service, page 74:
  • Chialoshui is situated on the Pacific Ocean coast of the Hengchun Peninsula 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) east of the town of Hengchun.1982 September 12, “First national park: 'Hawaii of the Far East'”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 36, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • Weather bureau data showed Pingtung as a whole had received 724 millimetres of rain since Wednesday, while the township of Hengchun saw rainfall of more than 600 millimetres on Friday alone.2012 August 26, “Drenched once, Taiwan braces for return of tropical cyclone Tembin”, in South China Morning Post, sourced from AFP, →ISSN...
  • Hengchun township reported gusts to 113 mph.2016 September 14, Angela Fritz, “Typhoon Meranti blasted Taiwan, and now it’s headed to China”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC...

Forms of Hengchun

alternative alsoHeng-ch'un

Origin of Hengchun

From the Mandarin 恆春 /恒春 (Héngchūn) Wade–Giles romanization: Hêng²-chʻun¹.

Questions about Hengchun

What does Hengchun mean?
Hengchun means an urban township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
How do you use Hengchun in a sentence?
WHALING IN 1957 UNSUCCESSFUL: The 185-ton Japanese catcher that operated from Hengchun (southern tip of Taiwan) from March to April 1957 caught only 4 whales.
What part of speech is Hengchun?
Hengchun is a proper noun.

Words near Hengchun in the dictionary

  1. Henfrey
  2. heng
  3. heng ah
  4. Heng-yang
  5. Hengchin
  6. Hengchun
  7. henge
  8. Hengel
  9. hengelike
  10. Hengelo
  11. Hengels

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