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Suao

Syllables: Su·ao

Suao proper noun: an urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Suao

  1. An urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan.
    • To build a railroad between Suao and Hualien is not easy. The distance, only 81 kilometers (49 miles), is not long, but the terrain poses forbiddingly difficult problems.1973 June 3, “Railroad of Prosperity”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XIV, number 21, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 2
    • The Suao harbor is being built to accommodate industry and commerce in the northeast and to complement Keelung.1978, Kung-Ping Wang, E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 310

Examples of Suao in a sentence

  • Suao has a large harbour with an entrance surrounded by fences and a police checkpoint.1994 July, Robert Storey, “North Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 196...
  • The port town of Suao in Ilan County is the gateway to the east coast of Taiwan.2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128:
  • Heavy waves endangered ports at Hualien and Suao, about 70 kilometers (44 miles) to the north, and flooding threatened low-lying areas along the coast.2005 July 18, “Typhoon Haitang lashes northeastern Taiwan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Jul 2023...
  • Tsai boarded the Kee Lung destroyer to supervise as troops practised defending against an attack on the northeastern port of Suao.2018 April 13, “Taiwan president watches naval drill as China tensions grow”, in France 24, archived from the original on 09 Nov 2020:

Forms of Suao

alternative formSu-ao
alternative formSu'ao

Origin of Suao

From Mandarin 蘇澳 (Sū'ào).

Questions about Suao

What does Suao mean?
Suao means an urban township in Yilan County, Taiwan.
How do you use Suao in a sentence?
Suao has a large harbour with an entrance surrounded by fences and a police checkpoint.
What part of speech is Suao?
Suao is a proper noun.

Words near Suao in the dictionary

  1. Suanen
  2. suanite
  3. suanpan
  4. suanpans
  5. suant
  6. Suao
  7. Suares
  8. Suareses
  9. Suarez
  10. Suas
  11. sUASes

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