Green Island
See also: Greenisland
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɹiːn ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
- Hyphenation: Green Is‧land
- Rhymes: -aɪlənd
Etymology 1
Calque of Chinese 綠島／绿岛 (Lǜdǎo)
Proper noun
Green Island
- A small volcanic island of the Republic of China (Taiwan), located southeast of the main island, primarily noted for its prison colonies.
- 1970, Mendel, Douglas, The Politics of Formosan Nationalism, University of California Press, →ISBN, LCCN 78-94982, OCLC 64322, pages 120-121:
- Green Island, a small islet of 1,000 people off Taitung on the southeastern coast, is popularly regarded as a major center for political punishment and "thought reform."[...]According to one of the students, "Gangsters are imprisoned on another island south of Green Island because Chiang is afraid they are a source of support for anti-KMT politicians, as he himself had relied on Shanghai gangs in his youth.[...]Once I was guided to a "political reform" camp near Taitung, but not allowed to speak to any prisoners. "It would be useless for you to take the rough trip over to Green Island," said the guide, "because they're even stricter with foreign visitors there than on Formosa. Moreover, important political offenders are kept in Taipei."
- 1975 December 7, “Deer help to prosperity”, in Free China Weekly, volume XVI, number 48, Taipei, ISSN 0016-0318, OCLC 1786626, page 2:
- Many deer farms also are located on Green Island in the Pacific, off Taiwan's east coast.
- 2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, OCLC 54962554, page 153:
- The prison is now the Green Island Human Rights Memorial Park.
- 2017 July 14, Wang, Amber, “Pain runs deep for Taiwan artists 30 years after 'White Terror'”, in France 24, archived from the original on 14 July 2017:
- He lends his works to exhibitions but does not sell them -- currently some are on display in a former dissidents' prison on remote outlying Green Island, which has been converted to a human rights centre.
- 2021 July 6, Lee, Barbara, “H.R.4373 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022”, in Congress.gov, archived from the original on 30 July 2021:
- SEC. 7075. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to create, procure, or display any map that depicts Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, Penghu, Wuciou, Green Island, or Orchid Island as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Green Island.
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Synonyms
- Bonfire Island
- Samasana
- Low Island
Translations
island east of Taiwan
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Proper noun
Green Island
- An outer suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand, indirectly named after Green Island (Okaihe) off the nearby coast.
References
- NZ Topo Map
Etymology 3
The island is named for its greenery.
Proper noun
Green Island
- An island in Antigua and Barbuda.
Anagrams
- legendrians