甲仙
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Chinese[edit]
1st heavenly stem; armour; shell | immortal | ||
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simp. and trad. (甲仙) |
甲 | 仙 |
Etymology[edit]
From the combination of Hokkien 傀儡 (ka-lé) (substituting homophonous 甲 (ka) for 傀 (ka)) and 楠梓仙溪 (as the character 仙) in 1920.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
甲仙
- (~區) Jiasian, Chiahsien (a district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan)
- 盛產芋頭的甲仙,其貧瘠土壤下蘊藏多種化石,還有平埔文化保存在山間。 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2005, 台灣鄉鎮之美 Taiwan Town and Country[1], →ISBN, →OCLC, p.156
- Shèngchǎn yùtou de Jiǎxiān, qí pínjí tǔrǎng xià yùncáng duōzhǒng huàshí, háiyǒu Píngpǔ wénhuà bǎocún zài shān jiān. [Pinyin]
- In Jiasian, which grows a lot of taro, fossils lie buried in the poor quality soil, and some Pingpu Aboriginal culture still survives.
盛产芋头的甲仙,其贫瘠土壤下蕴藏多种化石,还有平埔文化保存在山间。 [MSC, simp.]