Eluanbi

See also: Éluánbí

English

Alternative forms

• Oluanpi (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 鵝鑾鼻 / 鹅銮鼻 (Éluánbí).

Proper noun

Eluanbi

1. A cape in Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan.
   • 2022 August 9, Hsiung-feng Chang, Lee Hsin-Yin, “Tropical Storm Mulan forms, forecast to bring heavy rain”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[1], archived from the original on 09 August 2022, Society:

     As of 2 p.m. Tuesday, the storm was located about 930 kilometers southwest of Eluanbi, Taiwan's southernmost tip, moving in a northwesterly direction at a speed of 25 kilometers per hour, packing sustained winds of 65 kph and gusts of up to 90 kph, the weather bureau said.

   • 2023 April 24, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan says tracking Chinese carrier off its southeast coast”, in Toby Chopra, editor, Reuters‎^[2], archived from the original on 01 May 2023‎^[3]:

     In a brief statement, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said the carrier group was still in the Pacific for training and was 120 nautical miles southeast of Cape Eluanbi, on the island's southern tip, and would pass through those waters.

   • 2023 October 5, SIMINA MISTREANU, “1 dead, more than 300 injured as Typhoon Koinu sweeps parts of Taiwan”, in AP News‎^[4], archived from the original on October 7, 2023‎^[5]:

     Koinu, which means “puppy” in Japanese, made landfall early Thursday in Cape Eluanbi, the southernmost tip of Taiwan, and is expected to weaken as it moves west toward the Guangdong and Fujian provinces of southern China.

Translations

cape

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鵝鑾鼻 / 鹅銮鼻 (zh) (Éluánbí)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Eluanbi, Oluanpi, O-luan-pi at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.