Kinmen

Proper noun

Kinmen

1. A county of Taiwan.
   • The Kinmen County Government reported that during the past four months of Red bombardment of Kinmen, a total of 105 civilians were killed and 312 wounded.1959 February, “Chronology”, in Free China Review, volume IX, number 2, Taipei: Henry Kung, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 54, column 2
   • Kinmen County, an island chain with a population of 76,000, is catering to Chinese tourists by converting military facilities into tourist traps and building museums with wartime themes.2007 February 14, Ralph Jennings, “Chinese tourists flock to Taiwan's Kinmen island”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 10 Jul 2016
2. An island of Kinmen County, Taiwan.
   • 5. Chi Govt wishes to call attn of US Govt again to fact that Chi Govt is at present maintaining positions on a nr of islands such as Lintin and Lema Islands off Canton, Kinmen Island off Amoy, Matsu Island off Foochow, Tachen Islands off Chekiang Province, etc. These island positions, together...1950 July 7, Dean Acheson, “The Secretary of State to the Embassy in China”, in Foreign Relations of the United States 1950, volume 6, United States Government Printing Office, published 1976, →OCLC...
   • The whole Kinmen island complex was divided into 7 operation areas, namely, Tatan, Erhtan, Small Kinmen, and Kinchen-Kinshan, Kinning, Kinhu and Kinsa on Kinmen.1966, 中華醫學雜誌, volume 13, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 158

   Synonyms:

   Quemoy