Central Mountain Range

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 中央山脈／中央山脉 (Zhōngyāng Shānmài, “Central Mountain Range”).

Proper noun

Central Mountain Range

1. A mountain range running through central Taiwan Island.
   • 2013 November 5, Cain Nunns, “Resort by a Lake, Fit for a Generalissimo”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on November 06, 2013, Travel‎^[2]:

     While the boats are the quickest way to take it all in, a 23-mile, or 37-kilometer, road that rings the lake draws cyclists and walkers. And trails, nestled in the foothills of the island’s Central Mountain Range, either snake up to the peaks or hug the water’s natural contours.

   • 2021 December 6, “Taiwan rushes to contain sudden cane toad invasion”, in France 24‎^[3], archived from the original on 06 December 2021‎^[4]:

     There should be no reason for these large and highly toxic amphibians to exist in Chaotun, a township in the foothills of Taiwan's central mountain range.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Chungyang Shanmai, Zhongyang Shanmai, Chungyang Shanmo

Translations

central mountain range of Taiwan Island

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 中央山脈／中央山脉 (Tiong-iong-soaⁿ-me̍h)

  Mandarin: 中央山脈／中央山脉 (zh) (Zhōngyāng Shānmài)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Central Mountain Range or Chungyang Shan Mo”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 704, column 1