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Zhongjian Island

Zhongjian Island proper noun: synonym of Triton Island.

Proper noun

Zhongjian Island

  1. Synonym of Triton Island.
    • Chungchien Island is the southernmost of the Hsisha Islands, more than 300 nautical miles from the Chinese mainland.[1978 October 12 [1978 October 2], “Loyal Guards of the Five-Star Red Flag”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 198, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from...
    • In recent days, the Vietnamese authorities have dispatched a large number of ships, including some naval vessels, to the waters off Zhongjian Island [known by some as Triton Island], forcibly disturbing the normal drilling operations of a Chinese oil rig and ramming China's escorting civilian ships.2014 May 16, Gong Yingchun, “Vietnam's maritime provocations against China set a dangerous course”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 May 2014, Insight &...
    Synonyms:
    Triton Island

Synonyms of Zhongjian Island

Origin of Zhongjian Island

Partial calque of Mandarin 中建島 /中建岛 (Zhōngjiàndǎo) via Hanyu Pinyin.

Questions about Zhongjian Island

What does Zhongjian Island mean?
Zhongjian Island means synonym of Triton Island.
What part of speech is Zhongjian Island?
Zhongjian Island is a proper noun.

Words near Zhongjian Island in the dictionary

  1. Zhongdu
  2. Zhongguo
  3. Zhonghe
  4. zhonghu
  5. zhonghuacerite
  6. Zhongjian Island
  7. Zhongli
  8. Zhonglou
  9. Zhonglu
  10. Zhongmu
  11. Zhongnanhai

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