"Sijyu" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: Early 21st c., from the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 西莒 (Xījǔ) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Sijyǔ. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-tongyong|-}} Tongyong Pinyin, {{der|en|cmn|西莒}} Mandarin 西莒 (Xījǔ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Sijyu
  1. Alternative form of Xiju Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Xiju
    Sense id: en-Sijyu-en-name-dCzNCDwo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "english": "Taiwan Town and Country",
          "ref": "2005, 台灣鄉鎮之美 [Taiwan Town and Country], 遠流出版事業股份有現公司, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 196:",
          "text": "Jyuguang Township consists of two islands, Dongjyu and Sijyu.",
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          "ref": "2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides), Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 498:",
          "text": "In good weather, and especially during the busy summer tourist season, there are several ferries each day to Dongjyu and Sijyu from Nangan's Fuao Port (50 min, NT$140). If you want to see both, the way to do it without having to double back to Nangan is to start with Sijyu, spend the night there, then catch one of the six daily ferries that leave on the hour, every other hour (7am-5pm; 10 min, NT$20), stopping off at Dongjyu on the way back to Nangan.",
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          "ref": "2019 September 20, “Communication”, in Lienchiang County Government [連江縣政府], archived from the original on 2023-03-31, Tourism:",
          "text": "Departure times for Lui Guan to Nangan are each schedule times mentioned above plus 50 minutes, for instance to get on board for:The first boat of the day, Please be at the dock of the Tung Lui or Sijyu at 08:20 for the Ticketing;\nThe last boat of the day, Please be at the dock of the Tung Lui or Sijyu at 15:20 for the Ticketing.",
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          "ref": "2023 March 9, Ling-ling (張玲玲) Chang, “Soldiers should keep complaints off Internet”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-03-09, Editorials, page 8:",
          "text": "For Matsu, Jyuguang Township (莒光) includes two major islands, Dongjyu (東莒) and Sijyu (西莒), as well as smaller islets.",
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