雞籠

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Chinese

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fowl; chicken basket; cage
trad. (雞籠/鷄籠) /
simp. (鸡笼)

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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雞籠

  1. chicken coop; henhouse
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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Likely from Ketangalan ke- (locative prefix; domain marker), cognate to Tagalog ka- -an (locative circumfix), Indonesian ke- -an, Malay ke- -an, with the noun root of the compound replaced with Hokkien (lâng, person).

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Noun

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雞籠

  1. (chiefly historical, still common in Southern Min) Alternative name for 基隆 (Jīlóng).
Descendants
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  • English: Chi-lung, Keelung

Etymology 3

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For pronunciation and definitions of – see 雞罱 (“(Min Nan) chicken coop; henhouse”).
(This term is a variant form of 雞罱).