Taiping Island

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Chinese 太平島／太平岛 (Tàipíngdǎo), named after ROCS Taiping.

Proper noun

Taiping Island

1. An island in the South China Sea, administered as part of Cijin (Qijin), Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and claimed by China, the Philippines and Vietnam.

   Synonyms: Itu Aba, (Philippines) Ligao Island

   • 2016 July 18, Takuay Lee, “Taiwan does not accept the international tribunal’s decision”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], sourced from Washington, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2024, Letters to the Editor:

     The tribunal did not formally invite the ROC to participate in the proceedings, nor did it solicit our views. The ruling impinges on the interests of the ROC and has seriously undermined our rights over the South China Sea islands and their relevant waters, especially Taiping Island, or Itu Aba, the largest naturally formed island with fresh water in the Spratly chain.

   • 2016 September 23, Christopher Mele, “For Taiwan, Google Images of Disputed Island Are Too Clear”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 September 2016, Asia Pacific‎^[3]:

     Satellite photos by Google can be a fun way to see your house — or your neighbor’s — from high above.
     But in the case of an island in the South China Sea that is claimed by four countries, sometimes those photos can be too revealing.
     That is the position maintained by Taiwan, which has asked Google to blur satellite images of the disputed island — Itu Aba, also known as Taiping Island — that show what appear to be new military installations.

Translations

island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太平島／太平岛 (Tàipíngdǎo)

• Japanese: 長島 (ながしま, Nagashima)
• Tagalog: Pulo ng Ligao
• Vietnamese: Đảo Ba Bình

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Spratly Islands or Nansha Islands”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3003, column 1: “Includes Taiping Isl. (Itu Aba Isl.)”