Beinan
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of the Mandarin 卑南 (Bēinán).
Pronunciation
- enPR: bāʹnǎnʹ
Proper noun
Beinan
- A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan.
- 1982, China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs, numbers 355-360, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 215:
- […] 6) Bureaus for appeasing tenants engaged in reclamation and cultivation of the wastelands were established in Beinan, Qilai and Puli. ("Private Law of Taiwan, Property Rights," Vol 1 pp 9-12)
- 2015 November 11, “Ministry to aid UNESCO bid for caves”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 October 2022, Taiwan News, page 5:
- If Basiandong is added to the list, it will be the third potential world heritage site in the county, after the Peinan Archeological Site in Beinan Township (卑南) — the largest-known ancient stone coffin burial ground in the Pacific Rim area — and Orchid Island (蘭嶼, also known as Lanyu).
- 2021 September 12, “Typhoon alert lifted: Chanthu leaves Taiwan relatively unscathed”, in Taiwan English News, archived from the original on 12 September 2021:
- In Taitung County some damage to banana crops in Beinan Township was reported, but crop losses overall were not large, County Magistrate Rao Ching-ling said.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Beinan.