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English
Etymology
From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 板橋 (Bǎnqiáo) Wade-Giles romanization: Pan³-chʻiao².
Proper noun
Pan-ch'iao
- Alternative form of Banqiao
1968, Norton S. Ginsburg, “T’AI-PEI”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 21, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 627, column 2:Situated in the centre of the largest agricultural basin in northern Formosa, T’ai-pei (population in 1964 was estimated to be 1,117,000) forms the nucleus of a major industrial area. The T’ai-pei industrial complex includes light and heavy industies within the urbanized area and also in several industrial suburbs, including Pan-ch’iao and Nan-chiang.
1970, Leonard H. D. Gordon, editor, Taiwan : Studies in Chinese Local History, Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 83:It is worth noting that in some of these highly productive rice villages the two major landlord families of North Taiwan, the Lin of Pan-ch’iao and the Cheng of Hsin-chu, were among the largest holders.
1991, Tse-han Lai, Ramon H. Myers, Wei Wou, “The Uprising”, in A Tragic Beginning: The Taiwan Uprising of February 28, 1947, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 122:In Pan-ch’iao of Taiwan county, people gathered at the railway station on the morning of February 28 and began beating Mainlanders or rounding them up and assembling them in one place.
1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 175:The largest owner of tea lands on the island in the late 1800s (and Taiwan’s single wealthiest family) were the Lins of Pan-ch’iao. Along with other great familial and corporate landowners, the Pan-ch’iao Lins drew income from renting their properties under a flexible, sophisticated contractual system of land tenure.
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Further reading
- “Pan-ch’iao, pn.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Pan-ch’iao, in Encyclopædia Britannica
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Pan-ch'iao”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2355, column 2