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Magong

Syllables: Ma·gong

Magong proper noun: a county-administered city in Penghu County, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Magong

  1. A county-administered city in Penghu County, Taiwan.
    • My first stop upon disembarking from the plane was the Magong Teacher's Hostel in "downtown" Magong. This was to be my home for several weeks during my first and third trips. The city of Magong, the political, economic, and cultural capital of the Pescadores, is a sleepy fishing harbor of about...1979 July, Cornelius C. Kubler, “Life in the Pescadores”, in The Asia Mail, page 12, column 2
    • Forty-seven people were killed on Wednesday in a plane crash on the one of the Penghu Islands off Taiwan's coast, officials said, revising downwards an earlier toll of 51.
      Eleven injured people were taken to hospital, the government said.
      Taiwan's Central News Agency reported that the plane, a...2014 July 23, “Plane crash kills dozens in Magong, Taiwan”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 10 Sep 2015, Disasters

Examples of Magong in a sentence

  • My first stop upon disembarking from the plane was the Magong Teacher's Hostel in "downtown" Magong.1979 July, Cornelius C. Kubler, “Life in the Pescadores”, in The Asia Mail, page 12, column 2:
  • Last July, a TransAsia ATR 72 flying to Magong, in the outlying Penghu Islands of Taiwan, crashed as it was attempting to land in rain and wind shortly after a typhoon passed through the area.2015 July 2, Austin Ramzy, “TransAsia Pilot Acknowledged Cutting Wrong Engine, Crash Report Says”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC...
  • Andy Huang, who runs an ice cream shop in the main town of Magong, has more experience than most in facing Beijing’s belligerence.2022 June 17, Sean Chang, “'Life goes on' for unfazed Taiwanese on front-line islands”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on...

Forms of Magong

alternative formMakung

Origin of Magong

From Mandarin 馬公 (Mǎgōng).

Questions about Magong

What does Magong mean?
Magong means a county-administered city in Penghu County, Taiwan.
How do you use Magong in a sentence?
My first stop upon disembarking from the plane was the Magong Teacher's Hostel in "downtown" Magong.
What part of speech is Magong?
Magong is a proper noun.

Words near Magong in the dictionary

  1. Magoffins
  2. Magog
  3. Magomed
  4. Magomet
  5. Magometon
  6. Magong
  7. Magonia
  8. Magonian
  9. Magonians
  10. Magoon
  11. Magoons

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