Pescadores
/ˌpɛskəˈdɔːɹɪs/
Pescadores proper noun: an archipelago in the Taiwan Strait; synonymous with Penghu County, Taiwan (ROC).
Proper noun
Pescadores
- An archipelago in the Taiwan Strait; synonymous with Penghu County, Taiwan (ROC).
- Standing from the shore, with topsails and courses close reefed, M. de Peyrouse hoped, that he might double the PESCADORE ISLES, by keeping the ship's head to the N. W., before a N. N. E. wind. To his astonishment, at nine o'clock in the morning, several rocks, making a part of that groupe of...1798, A Voyage Round the World : Which was Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by M. De la Peyrouse, Edinburgh, pages 131–132
- The Dutch met with little success in their attempts to open a trade with China until 1624, when, by means of assistance from Batavia, they were enabled to form a settlement on the west side of Formosa, opposite to the Chinese coast. The vicinity of this to Manilla and Macao excited the jealousy of...1836, John Francis Davis, The Chinese : A General Description of the Empire of China and its Inhabitants, volume 1, New-York: Harper & Brothers, page 42
Examples of Pescadores in a sentence
- E. of the Pescadores, not to exceed four leagues in breadth.1798, A Voyage Round the World : Which was Performed in the Years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, by M. De la Peyrouse, Edinburgh, pages...
- As a result of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-95, China lost to Japan the important islands of Taiwan (Formosa) and the Pescadores, lying about a hundred miles off the Chinese coast.1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 460:
- The occurrence of filariasis in the Pescadores was reported by GOTO & HARAYO (1919).1976, Manabu Sasa, “Filariasis in the Asian Region”, in Human Filariasis: A Global Survey of Epidemiology and Control, University of Tokyo...
- Of the areas, 30 are on the coastline of Taiwan and 12 more are in the Pescadores between Taiwan and the China mainland.1983 May 15, “ROC to open new beach resort areas”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIV, number 19, Taipei, page 2:
Synonyms of Pescadores
Forms of Pescadores
| alternative form | Pescadore |
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| alternative form | Piscadores |
Origin of Pescadores
From the Portuguese Ilhas Pescadores ("fishermen's islands").
Questions about Pescadores
- What does Pescadores mean?
- Pescadores means an archipelago in the Taiwan Strait; synonymous with Penghu County, Taiwan (ROC).
- How do you use Pescadores in a sentence?
- E. of the Pescadores, not to exceed four leagues in breadth.
- What part of speech is Pescadores?
- Pescadores is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Pescadores?
- Pescadores is pronounced /ˌpɛskəˈdɔːɹɪs/.
Words near Pescadores in the dictionary
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