Zhanghua

Proper noun

Changhua

1. A county in western Taiwan.
   • That is why Yeh Hui-chen goes contentedly every day to her family ranch in the Mt. Bank area of Changhua county in central Taiwan to pursue her chosen profession.[...]In the past, the inhabitants eked out a meager living by growing pineapples and plums, which had to be carried out on foot through...1979 February 18, “'Cowgirl' finds contentment, prosperity on the land”, in Free China Weekly, volume XX, number 6, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2
2. A city, the administrative seat of Changhua County, Taiwan.
   • As we were now going to have rougher travelling than we had had, we despatched a courier to Taiwanfu with our surplus baggage, and letters to inform the Consul of our plans. We went S.S.E. for 13 miles over a fertile plain, cultivated with sugar-cane, tobacco, ground-nut, sweet potatoes, &c....1877 March 12, Herbert J. Allen, Notes of a Journey through Formosa from Tamsui to Taiwanfu (Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society), volume 21, page 261

   Synonyms:

   Chiang-hoa