Beidou en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- bāʹdōʹ
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 北斗 (Běidǒu).
Meanings
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An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.
At 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday (April 25), a fire broke out at the Lian Hwa Foods Corp. factory on Sihai Road, Section 1 in Changhua County's Beidou Township.
2023 April 28, Keoni Everington, “4th Filipino worker dies in central Taiwan food factory fire”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2024, Society:At 2am on April 22 last year, I departed Chengan Temple (奠安宮) in Changhua County’s Beidou Township (北斗) surrounded by thousands of Matsu devotees.
2011 April 7, Noah Buchan, “Walking with Matsu”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2011, Home / Features, page 13:
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(alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of BeiDou (“a Chinese satellite navigation system”).
alt of BeiDou
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peitou | alternative | lexicographic |
Translations (2)
pl Beidou (urban township) · cmn 北斗 (urban township)