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語源

Calque of Chinese 西湖 (Xī Hú, literally “west lake”)

固有名詞

West Lake

1. A lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
   • 1869, Helen S. C. Nevius, Our Life in China‎, New York: Robert Carter and Brothers, →OCLC, page 129:

     Marco Polo, the Venetian traveller, who visited China about the year 1200, speaks of it, as "pre-eminent above all other cities in the world, in point of grandeur and beauty, as well as from its abundant delights, which might lead an inhabitant to imagine himself in paradise;" and in another place describing Si-wu or West Lake, an artificial sheet of water just without the city wall, he says: "All around the lake are beautiful palaces and houses, so wonderfully built that nothing can possibly surpass them; they belong to the great and noble men of the city. In the middle of the lake are two islands, on one of which stands a palace so wonderfully adorned that it seems worthy of belonging to the emperor."

   • 1922, Robert F. Fitch, “The Fifth Itinerary”, in Hangchow Itineraries‎, Kelly & Walsh, →OCLC, page 33:

     One of the few ancient relics of the original Monastery is to be found within, the Lo Han Pagoda, with its marvelous carvings of sixteen Lo Han. These sixteen Lo Han are one of the three great wonders or glories of Hangchow, the other two being the West Lake and the River Bore.

   • 1972 February 27, “Nixon and Chou Stroll and Go Boating in Hangchow”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-04, page 30‎:

     HANGCHOW, China, Feb. 26 (UPI)—President Nixon and Premier Chou En‐lai strolled through picturesque gardens of cameiias, pansies and magnolias today then went boating on West Lake, one of China's leading scenic attractions.

   • 2001 September 28, Sen-lun Yu, “Restaurant of the week: Tien Hsiang Lo (天香樓)”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2012-02-24, Features, page 10‎:

     Hangchow cuisine can be summed up with the phrase "southern ingredients, northern style" (南菜北烹). This means that the varieties of fish, shrimp, and other crustaceans in Hangchow's much-celebrated historic West Lake are prepared in northern-style, sweet and sour-based flavors.

   • 2021 August 22, “Top official in eastern China’s Hangzhou under investigation”, in AP News‎, archived from the original on 22 August 2021:

     A former imperial capital famed for its West Lake and surrounding temples, Hangzhou has lately grown famous as the hometown of internet commerce giant Alibaba.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:West Lake.
2. (inexact) Synonym of Slender West Lake, a lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

同意語

• Xihu, Xi Hu, Hsi Hu

派生語

• Slender West Lake

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参考

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “West Lake”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3442, column 1
• West Lake, Xi Hu at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.

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別の表記

• West Lake, West-Lake, West-lake, WestLake

語源

From west +‎ lake.

固有名詞

Westlake (countable and uncountable, plural Westlakes)

1. A placename:
   1. A hamlet in Ermington parish, South Hams district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX6253).
   2. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
         • 2017 January 26, Marissa Clifford, “Why doesn’t MacArthur Park gentrify?”, in Curbed‎:

           Below is the last photo I took of my old apartment in MacArthur Park, a neighborhood whose name has been synonymous with danger for decades. From Chelsea Handler’s questionable inquiry about bodies in the park’s lake, made whilst buying pupusas from a street vendor on her Netflix special, to the “Gangs” header on its Wikipedia page, MacArthur Park has an infamous reputation both in pop culture and in Los Angeles. The name MacArthur Park refers both to its central park and the 2.72 mile radius surrounding it—a neighborhood also called Westlake that has a long and complicated history of overcrowding, gentrification, and displacement.

      2. A district of Daly City, San Mateo County, California.
      3. A minor city in Palm Beach County, Florida.
      4. A ghost town in Twiggs County, Georgia.
      5. A city in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
      6. A city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
      7. An unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon.
      8. A town in Denton County and Tarrant County, Texas.
      9. A neighbourhood of Seattle, Washington.
   3. A suburb in south-west Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
   4. A ghost town near Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
2. (countable) A surname.

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統計情報

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Westlake is the 11637 most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2694 individuals. Westlake is most common among White (92.98%) individuals.

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