Diaoyutai
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 釣魚臺／钓鱼台 (Diàoyútái).
Proper noun
Diaoyutai
- Synonym of Uotsuri: the Taiwanese name.
- Short for Diaoyutai Islands.
- 1994, Lee Lai To, “The South-China Sea: Concerns and Proposals for Confidence-Building and Conflict Reduction”, in The Making of a Security Community in the Asia-Pacific: Proceedings of the Seventh Asia-Pacific Roundtable, Kuala Lumpur, June 6-9, 1993, Institute of Strategic and International Studies Malaysia, →ISBN, OCLC 850348572, page 258:
- One is reminded of the agreement between Japan and China to develop jointly the Diaoyutai (Senkaku) islands, an area claimed by both sides, more than a decade ago. There is yet to be any joint development of the Diaoyutai area, and it is possible that the same thing may happen in the South China Sea.
- [2020 June 22, “Ishigaki renames area containing Senkaku Islands, prompting backlash fears”, in The Japan Times, archived from the original on 22 June 2020:
- Taiwan’s northeastern county of Yilan has adopted a proposal to rename the islands from “Tiaoyutai” to “Toucheng Tiaoyutai,” to include the name of a local township.]
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