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Jhongshan

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 中山 (Zhōngshān) Tongyong Pinyin[1] romanization: Jhongshan.

Proper noun

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Jhongshan

  1. Alternative form of Zhongshan (in Keelung).
    • 2018 February 23, Shih Hsiao-kuang, Lu Hsien-hsiu, “KMT urges Taipei mayoral aspirants to replicate Ma’s feat”, in Taipei Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 22, 2018, Taiwan News, page 3‎[4]:
      Separately yesterday, Keelung City Council Speaker Sung Wei-li (宋瑋莉) said she has resigned as director of the KMT’s Keelung chapter and vowed to support KMT Immigrant Affairs Committee chairman Hsieh Li-kung (謝立功), who was nominated by the KMT on Feb. 7 as its Keelung mayoral candidate after beating Sung in the primary.
      Sung said she would instead run for city councilor in Keelung’s Jhongshan District (中山).
    • 2021 March 8, Lin Hsin-han, William Hetherington, “Keelung Islet to be opened to tourism next week amid high domestic demand”, in Taipei Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 10, 2021, Taiwan News, page 3‎[6]:
      Keelung would also promote visits to Fairy Cave (仙洞巖) — a natural sea cave in the city’s Jhongshan District (中山) — the Cave of Buddha’s Hand (佛手洞), the scenic Waimushan (外木山) coastal area and Cingren Lake (情人湖), among other sites, she added.
    • 2022 October 29, Yuan-ting Yang, William Hetherington, “Mask mandate to be lifted in phases: CECC”, in Taipei Times[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 October 2022, Taiwan News, page 2‎[8]:
      Children play at a park in Keelung’s Jhongshan District yesterday.
    • 2023 February 22, Johnson Kung [拱祥生], “A better approach to LNG projects”, in Taipei Times[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 22, 2023, Editorials, page 8‎[10]:
      As part of an effort to improve the northeastern section of the nation’s power grid, state-owned Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) plans to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal off Keelung’s Jhongshan District (中山) to convert the oil-fired Hsieh-ho Power Plant into a gas-fired facility.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jhongshan.

References

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  1. ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info[1], 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01[2]:鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms [] 中山區 / Zhongshan / Zhōngshān / Jhongshan / Chungshan