"Peinan" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 卑南 (Bēinán) Wade–Giles romanization: Pei¹-nan². Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|卑南}} 卑南 (Bēinán), {{bor|en|cmn-wadegiles|-}} Wade–Giles Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Peinan
  1. Alternative form of Beinan Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Beinan
    Sense id: en-Peinan-en-name-vc0ClszV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "1983 December 4, “Southern Link RR Completion Set For 1988”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXIV, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:",
          "text": "The final stretch of the railway runs from Fangliao in Pingtung County through the central mountain range to Peinan in Taitung County and entails the constructon^([sic – meaning construction]) of 34 tunnels covering 37.45 kilometers, 40 major bridges covering 5.05 kilometers, and 118 smaller bridges over 1,932 meters.",
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          "ref": "2016 December 15, “Giant Teddy”, in Taiwan Today, archived from the original on 2020-08-04:",
          "text": "Children from Peinan Township in southeastern Taiwan’s Taitung County pose in front of a 9-meter-tall teddy bear-shaped balloon in this undated photo. The bear will be featured in various Christmas celebrations. (Courtesy of Peinan Township Office)",
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          "ref": "2018, Chun-ying (吳俊瑩) Wu, “二二八事件在臺東 [The February 28 Incident in Taitung]”, in 台灣文獻, volume 69, number 4, archived from the original on 2022-09-26, page 131:",
          "text": "Although the February 28 incident did not cause great turmoil in Taitung, the situation was tense due to very few troops and county officials. The crowd surrounded Hsieh Chen’s official residence on March 3. Under the protection of the aborigines, Hsieh Chen left Peinan Township and then fled to Chulu mountain.",
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          "text": "Puyuma [pyu] is an Austronesian language spoken in southeastern Taiwan, specifically in Taitung City (臺東市) and Peinan Township (卑南鄉) in Taitung County (臺東縣).",
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