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Lukang

Lukang proper noun: an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.

lukang: an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan
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Proper noun

Lukang

  1. An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.
    • The port of Lukang, about 9 miles west of Changhua, and midway between the north and the south, enjoyed a prosperous trade. It is opposite Ch'uanchow, Fukien, 130 miles away, or one day's journey with a fair wind from the latter[...]1957, Chang Chi-yun, The Essence of Chinese Culture, →OCLC, page 237
    • As of October 1968 Lukang, which had a resident population of between 27,000 and 28,000 people, had 39 temples. It is my impression that Lukang has more temples than do most Taiwanese communities of equivalent size. By temple I mean a structure that houses an image, altar, and incense pot, and is...1974, Donald R. DeGlopper, “Religion and Ritual in Lukang”, in Arthur P. Wolf, editor, Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society (Studies in Chinese Society), Stanford: Stanford University Press, →ISBN...

Examples of Lukang in a sentence

  • As of October 1968 Lukang, which had a resident population of between 27,000 and 28,000 people, had 39 temples.1974, Donald R. DeGlopper, “Religion and Ritual in Lukang”, in Arthur P. Wolf, editor, Religion and Ritual in Chinese Society (Studies in...
  • I replied my hometown is Lukang, Taiwan’s second-largest city 200 years ago, where people from China’s Quanzhou settled.”2007 September 8, Stan Shih, quotee, “China's Hu, Taiwan representative meet at APEC”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 07 Oct...
  • To make matters worse, conservative elements in Lukang refused in the early 20th century to allow trains and modern highways to be built near their city.2014, Robert Kelly, Chung Wah Chow, Taiwan, 9th edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 224:
  • One of the most prominent movements occurred in the town of Lukang in Changhua County in 1986.2021, Richard C. Bush, Difficult Choices: Taiwan's Quest for Security and the Good Life, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press...

Forms of Lukang

alternative alsoLu-kang
alternative Hanyu-PinyinLugang

Origin of Lukang

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鹿港 (Lùgǎng) Wade–Giles romanization: Lu⁴-kang³; internationally conventional translation.

Questions about Lukang

What does Lukang mean?
Lukang means an urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.
How do you use Lukang in a sentence?
As of October 1968 Lukang, which had a resident population of between 27,000 and 28,000 people, had 39 temples.
What part of speech is Lukang?
Lukang is a proper noun.

Words near Lukang in the dictionary

  1. Lukach
  2. Lukaches
  3. Lukacs
  4. Lukacses
  5. Lukan
  6. Lukang
  7. Lukas
  8. Lukashenka
  9. Lukashenkism
  10. Lukashenko
  11. Lukashism

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