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Kelung

Kelung is the alternative form of Keelung.

Meaning of Keelung

Proper noun

Keelung

  1. A city in north-eastern Taiwan.
    • SAILING DIRECTIONS FOR THE HARBOR OF KEELUNG, ISLAND OF FORMOSA.
      . . .
      Keelung harbor, or Keelung-taw, head (or promontory) is situated near the northeastern point of the island of Formosa.
      . . .
      Making and keeping Keelung island well to the eastward, the entrance may be approached without fear, as...1857, George H. Preble, “Sailing Directions and Nautical Remarks by Officers of the Late United States Naval Expedition to Japan”, in Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China...
    Synonyms:
    KEE, Chi-lung, Chilung, Jilong, Kelang

Questions about Kelung

What is Kelung the alternative form of?
Kelung is the alternative form of Keelung.

Words near Kelung in the dictionary

  1. kelts
  2. Kelty
  3. Keltys
  4. Keltz
  5. Keltzes
  6. Kelung
  7. Kelvedon
  8. kelvin
  9. Kelvin balance
  10. Kelvin balances
  11. Kelvin bridge

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kelung (page history and authors); Keelung (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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