Beinan

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See also: bèinàn and Bēinán

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Etymology

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From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 卑南 (Bēinán).

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Beinan

  1. A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan.
    • 1982, China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs[2], numbers 355-360, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 215:
      [] 6) Bureaus for appeasing tenants engaged in reclamation and cultivation of the wastelands were established in Beinan, Qilai and Puli. ("Private Law of Taiwan, Property Rights," Vol 1 pp 9-12)
    • 2015 November 11, “Ministry to aid UNESCO bid for caves”, in Taipei Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 October 2022, Taiwan News, page 5‎[4]:
      If Basiandong is added to the list, it will be the third potential world heritage site in the county, after the Peinan Archeological Site in Beinan Township (卑南) — the largest-known ancient stone coffin burial ground in the Pacific Rim area — and Orchid Island (蘭嶼, also known as Lanyu).
    • 2021 September 12, “Typhoon alert lifted: Chanthu leaves Taiwan relatively unscathed”, in Taiwan English News[5], archived from the original on 12 September 2021[6]:
      In Taitung County some damage to banana crops in Beinan Township was reported, but crop losses overall were not large, County Magistrate Rao Ching-ling said.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Beinan.

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References

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  1. ^ Wan-yao Chou (周婉窈) (2015) “Transliteration Tables”, in Carole Plackitt, Tim Casey, transl., A New Illustrated History of Taiwan[1], Taipei: SMC Publishing, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 434:Transliterations used in the text / Hanyu pinyin / Chinese characters or Japanese kanji [] Peinan / Beinan / 卑南