"P'ing-tung" meaning in All languages combined

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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 屏東 (Píngdōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-tung¹.",
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          "ref": "1966 December, “Taiwan”, in Alice Taylor, editor, Focus, volume 17, number 4, American Geographical Society, page 4",
          "text": "The hilly, mixed crop and forest land produces tea and citronella in the north and bananas and pineapples in the central and southern parts of the island. In the P'ing-tung section of this region some rice is grown, and also bananas, sweet potatoes, soy beans, jute, and millet, but the main crop is sisal.",
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          "ref": "1968, “P'ING-TUNG (Japanese HEITO)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1092, column 2",
          "text": "P'ing-tung was settled nearly 200 years ago and thus did not benefit from city planning under the Japanese administration (1895-1945). It is a typical market town with numerous light industries including rattan weaving, small machine shops and woodworking shops. A military airbase is located nearby. It serves as the seat of the P'ing-tung hsien (country) government.",
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          "ref": "1979, “Baseball”, in The 1979 Compton Yearbook, F. E. Compton, page 43",
          "text": "In the original series, played at Williamsport, Pa., Taiwan won its seventh world championship in ten years. A team from P'ing-tung, a small village in southern Taiwan, beat the U.S. West champs, the San Ramon Valley Little Leaguers of Danville, Calif., 11-1 in the final game.",
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          "ref": "1980, Arthur P. Wolf, Chieh-shan Huang, Marriage and Adoption in China, 1845-1945, Stanford, Cal.: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 318",
          "text": "Before beginning his more recent work in Chung-she, Pasternak devoted a year to a study of Ta-t’ieh, a Hakka-speaking community located at the southern end of the coastal plain, 15 miles south of P’ing-tung City (see Map 25.1).",
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          "ref": "1999, Masaaki Yamada, Japanese Immigrant Agroforestry in the Brazilian Amazon: A Case Study of Sustainable Rural Development in the Tropics, →OCLC, page 174",
          "text": "In 1933, he resigned as Castanhal's manager due to his advancing age and disease, and returned to Japan. However, his passion for rice soon led him to a new farm at P'ing-tung, Taiwan, and he eventually died in 1939 at his son's rice plantation in Webster, Texas.",
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          "ref": "2002 February 11, Richard Higgs, “Kemflo International Co. expanding”, in Plastics News, archived from the original on 2020-10-23",
          "text": "Privately held Kemflo International Co. Ltd. operates a 432,000-square-foot molding, tooling and assembly plant in P'ing-tung, Taiwan.[…]\nThe company now has 70 Taiwanese-made presses in P'ing-tung, and it has annual sales of $35 million.",
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          "ref": "2006, John F. Wukovits, Tobey Maguire, Lucent Books, →OCLC, →OL, page 46",
          "text": "Ang Lee, who directed Tobey Maguire in 1997's The Ice Storm as well as in 1999's Ride with the Devil, has built an admirable résumé. Born in 1954 in P'ing-tung, Taiwan, Lee attended the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 before coming to the United States.",
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          "ref": "2016 May 24, Amy Tikkanen, Kenneth Pletcher, “Tsai Ing-wen”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, archived from the original on 2017-04-15",
          "text": "Tsai Ing-wen, (born August 31, 1956, Fang-shan township, P’ing-tung county, Taiwan), educator and politician who was the first female president of Taiwan (2016– ).",
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        {
          "ref": "2019 December 8, “Tien Ma’s Cebu serves delectable Taiwanese cuisine”, in MyCebu.ph: Re/Discover Cebu, archived from the original on 2020-09-22",
          "text": "They follow the recipe of Tien Liyuan, who was born in 1932 the Fang-shan township of Taiwan’s P’ing-tung county.",
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          "ref": "2020 February 10, Katherine Bourzac, “Climate change is destroying our coral reefs. Here’s how scientists plan to save them”, in Chemical & Engineering News, volume 98, number 6, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-05",
          "text": "“If you protect the coral reef, you protect the ocean ecosystem,” says Chiahsin Lin, who works on coral preservation at the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium in P’ing-tung, Taiwan.",
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          "ref": "2022 March 18, Diana K, “10 of the Most Famous Taiwanese”, in Discover Walks Blog, History and Facts",
          "text": "Born in 1956, Fang-shan township, P’ing-tung county, Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen is an educator and politician who was the first female president of Taiwan.",
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      "enpr": "pǐngʹdo͞ongʹ"
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          "ref": "1966 December, “Taiwan”, in Alice Taylor, editor, Focus, volume 17, number 4, American Geographical Society, page 4",
          "text": "The hilly, mixed crop and forest land produces tea and citronella in the north and bananas and pineapples in the central and southern parts of the island. In the P'ing-tung section of this region some rice is grown, and also bananas, sweet potatoes, soy beans, jute, and millet, but the main crop is sisal.",
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          "text": "Before beginning his more recent work in Chung-she, Pasternak devoted a year to a study of Ta-t’ieh, a Hakka-speaking community located at the southern end of the coastal plain, 15 miles south of P’ing-tung City (see Map 25.1).",
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          "text": "In 1933, he resigned as Castanhal's manager due to his advancing age and disease, and returned to Japan. However, his passion for rice soon led him to a new farm at P'ing-tung, Taiwan, and he eventually died in 1939 at his son's rice plantation in Webster, Texas.",
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          "ref": "2002 February 11, Richard Higgs, “Kemflo International Co. expanding”, in Plastics News, archived from the original on 2020-10-23",
          "text": "Privately held Kemflo International Co. Ltd. operates a 432,000-square-foot molding, tooling and assembly plant in P'ing-tung, Taiwan.[…]\nThe company now has 70 Taiwanese-made presses in P'ing-tung, and it has annual sales of $35 million.",
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          "ref": "2006, John F. Wukovits, Tobey Maguire, Lucent Books, →OCLC, →OL, page 46",
          "text": "Ang Lee, who directed Tobey Maguire in 1997's The Ice Storm as well as in 1999's Ride with the Devil, has built an admirable résumé. Born in 1954 in P'ing-tung, Taiwan, Lee attended the National Taiwan College of Arts in 1975 before coming to the United States.",
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          "ref": "2016 May 24, Amy Tikkanen, Kenneth Pletcher, “Tsai Ing-wen”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, archived from the original on 2017-04-15",
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          "ref": "2019 December 8, “Tien Ma’s Cebu serves delectable Taiwanese cuisine”, in MyCebu.ph: Re/Discover Cebu, archived from the original on 2020-09-22",
          "text": "They follow the recipe of Tien Liyuan, who was born in 1932 the Fang-shan township of Taiwan’s P’ing-tung county.",
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          "ref": "2020 February 10, Katherine Bourzac, “Climate change is destroying our coral reefs. Here’s how scientists plan to save them”, in Chemical & Engineering News, volume 98, number 6, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2020-08-05",
          "text": "“If you protect the coral reef, you protect the ocean ecosystem,” says Chiahsin Lin, who works on coral preservation at the National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium in P’ing-tung, Taiwan.",
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          "ref": "2022 March 18, Diana K, “10 of the Most Famous Taiwanese”, in Discover Walks Blog, History and Facts",
          "text": "Born in 1956, Fang-shan township, P’ing-tung county, Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen is an educator and politician who was the first female president of Taiwan.",
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