Chilungとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: jēʹlo͝ongʹ

固有名詞

Chilung

1. Synonym of Keelung
   • 1959, Sampson C. Shen, editor, China Yearbook 1958-1959‎, Taipei, Taiwan: China Publishing Co., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 99:

     No single island in the 19-islet group bears the name of Matsu[.] It is named after a harbor of Nankan, the main island of the group. Nankan is 114 nautical miles west of the northern Taiwan port of Chilung, and 114 nautical miles from Kinmen.
     Besides Nankan, other islands in the group are: Peikan, Kaoteng, Tungkun and Hsikun. Kaoteng is only 5 5 nautical miles from the closest mainland point and has been the occasional target of Communist gunners for years. The total land area is only 29 3 sq km. (11.3 sq. mi) Nankan alone has 4.03 sq. km. (10.44 sq mi.) of the total. Located in the fishing area of Fukien, the Matsus are naturally the home of a fishing population. On Nankan there are two good harbors, Fuyu and Matsu.

   • 1964 November, “New Look at Changing China”, in National Geographic Magazine‎, volume 126, number 5, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 641, column 2:

     The “Beautiful Island” wears a necklace of rails and new roads dangling from Taipei, such as the 17-mile MacArthur Expressway linking the capital to the seaport of Chilung. Taiwan has two other international seaports —recently opened Hualien, on the east coast, and Kaohsiung, facing the mainland a scant 200 miles away.

   • 1969, Florence Drumwright, Taiwan, Eden in Asia‎, Caves Book Company, →OCLC, page 61, column 2:

     Keelung or Chilung five miles southeast of Wanli or 15 miles northeast of Taipei. The largest seaport on Taiwan with a harbor accommodating ocean vessels up to 20,000 tons has the distinction of being the wettest port in the world […]

   • 2006, Spencer C. Tucker, “Joseph Joffre”, in World War I : A Student Encyclopedia‎, volume 2, ABC-Clio, →ISBN, page 982:

     In 1885 Joffre volunteered for Far Eastern service, where as a captain he was assigned to the staff of Vice Admiral Amédée Courbet, commanding the French China Squadron. Courbet entrusted him with organizing the defenses of Kelung (Chilung) in Formosa, which France had just seized.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Chilung.