Matsu

English

MATSU NANGAN AIRPORT

Etymology 1

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin pronunciation for 馬祖 (Ma³-tsu³).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmæt.su/

Proper noun

Matsu

1. The Matsu Islands, an archipelago administered as Lienchiang County under the Republic of China (Taiwan).
   • 1960, 55:49 from the start, in OCTOBER 7, 1960 Presidential Candidates Debate‎^[1], US Vice President Richard M. Nixon (actor), C-SPAN:

     Now I think as far as Quemoy and Matsu are concerned, that the question is not these two little pieces of real estate- they are unimportant. It isn't the few people who live on them- they are not too important. It's the principle involved. These two islands are in the area of freedom. The Nationalists have these two islands. We should not force our Nationalist allies to get off of them and give them to the Communists. If we do that, we start a chain reaction, because the Communists aren't after Quemoy and Matsu, they're after Formosa. In my opinion, this is the same kind of woolly thinking that lead to disaster for America in Korea, I'm against it, I would never tolerate it as President of the United States, and I will hope that Senator Kennedy will change his mind if he should be elected.

   • 1996, Patrick Tyler, “China Warns U.S. to Keep Away From Taiwan Strait”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     For the new round of Chinese war games beginning on Monday, China has declared a large part of the Taiwan Strait as a military exercise area and has warned international shipping and aviation to stay away. The prospect of the exercises prompted about 300 Taiwan citizens to leave small islands around Matsu, the strategic bastion off the Chinese port of Fuzhou that was to serve as the Nationalists' staging area to retake the mainland.
     "We are leaving for Taiwan to escape disaster," said a schoolgirl from the island of Tong Chu, near Matsu and just 10 nautical miles away from the area of the Chinese war games. Taiwan television stations carried film of the mini-evacuation, but also noted that a number of residents were choosing to stay in their homes.

Translations

island group

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬祖／马祖 (maa⁵ zou²), 马祖 (maa⁵ zou²)

  Mandarin: 馬祖／马祖 (zh) (Mǎzǔ), 马祖 (zh) (Mǎzǔ)

  Min Dong: 馬祖／马祖 (Mā-cū), 马祖 (Mā-cū)

  Min Nan: 馬祖／马祖 (Má-chó͘)

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Etymology 2

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 媽祖／妈祖 (Māzǔ).

Proper noun

Matsu

1. Alternative form of Mazu (goddess).

Anagrams

• Maust, musta, sumat