P'ing-t'an

See also: Pingtan

English

Map including P'ING-T'AN (AMS, 1954)

Etymology

From Mandarin 平潭 (Píngtán), Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-tʻan².

Proper noun

P'ing-t'an

1. Alternative form of Pingtan
   • 1952, “Haitan Island or Hai-t'an Island”, in Leon E. Seltzer, editor, The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 746, column 1:

     Chief town is Pingtan or P'ing-t'an (pop. 5,382), fishing port on W coast. The isl. shelters (W) Haitan Bay (or Futsing Bay), which provides a deep anchorage.

   • 1960 February 26, Communist China Digest‎^[2], number 10, United States Joint Publications Research Service, published 1998, →OCLC, page 4‎^[3]:

     On 18 October, a US warship invaded China's territorial waters in the P'ing-t'an area of Fukien Province. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued stern warning No. 74.

   • 1977, Climatological Data National Summary‎^[4], volume 27, number 13, NOAA, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 96–97:

     Typhoon Billie exited Taiwan and moved toward the People's Republic of China on a west-northwestward track. By morning on the 10th, Billie had weakened to a tropical storm and slowed to 11 kn. At 0000 on the 10th, P'ing-t'an reported 60-kn winds from the north-northeast and sea-level pressure of 981.2 mb. About 0300 Billie went ashore 25 miles southeast of P'ing-t'an. Within hours the storm dissipated over the rugged terrain of eastern China.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:P'ing-t'an.

Translations

Pingtan — see Pingtan

Anagrams

• Panting, panting