Erdan
See also: erdan
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Erhtan
Etymology
From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 二膽 (Èrdǎn).
Proper noun
Erdan
- An island in Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan.
- 2022 August 24, Blanchard, Ben; Yimou Lee, “Taiwan to deploy drone defence systems after rock-throwing video emerges”, in Gerry Doyle, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 25 August 2022, Asia Pacific:
- In a statement late Wednesday, the defence command of Kinmen, a group of Taiwan-controlled islands that sit opposite China's Xiamen and Quanzhou cities, said the incident occurred on Aug. 16 on Erdan islet, and confirmed the soldiers had thrown stones to see off what it called a civilian drone.
-
Translations
island
|