P'ing-t'an
See also: Pingtan
English
Map including P'ING-T'AN (AMS, 1954)
Etymology
From Mandarin 平潭 (Píngtán), Wade–Giles romanization: Pʻing²-tʻan².
Proper noun
P'ing-t'an
- Alternative form of Pingtan
- 1952, “Haitan Island or Hai-t'an Island”, in Leon E. Seltzer, editor, The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, OCLC 802473294, page 746, column 1:
- Chief town is Pingtan or P'ing-t'an (pop. 5,382), fishing port on W coast. The isl. shelters (W) Haitan Bay (or Futsing Bay), which provides a deep anchorage.
- 1960 February 26, Communist China Digest, number 10, United States Joint Publications Research Service, published 1998, OCLC 45509482, page 4:
- On 18 October, a US warship invaded China's territorial waters in the P'ing-t'an area of Fukien Province. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued stern warning No. 74.
- 1977, Climatological Data National Summary, volume 27, number 13, NOAA, ISSN 0095-4365, OCLC 4447360, pages 96-97:
- Typhoon Billie exited Taiwan and moved toward the People's Republic of China on a west-northwestward track. By morning on the 10th, Billie had weakened to a tropical storm and slowed to 11 kn. At 0000 on the 10th, P'ing-t'an reported 60-kn winds from the north-northeast and sea-level pressure of 981.2 mb. About 0300 Billie went ashore 25 miles southeast of P'ing-t'an. Within hours the storm dissipated over the rugged terrain of eastern China.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:P'ing-t'an.
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Translations
Pingtan — see Pingtan
Anagrams
- Panting, panting