Thitu Island

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Thitu Island

1. An island in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, administered as part of Kalayaan, Palawan, the Philippines, and claimed by China, Taiwan and Vietnam.
   • 2024 January 16, Sebastian Strangio, “Philippines to Upgrade South China Sea Outposts, Military Chief Says”, in The Diplomat‎^[1], archived from the original on January 16, 2024, ASEAN Beat‎^[2]:

     Brawner said that the government hoped to install desalination machines and communications equipment on Thitu Island and Nanshan Island. Thitu, known to Manila as Pag-asa, is the largest Philippine-occupied feature in the South China Sea, boasting an airstrip and landing dock, and supporting a population of around 200. A handful of Philippine soldiers and their families are stationed on Nanshan or Lawak Island. All nine Philippine-occupied outposts exist in a precarious umbilical relationship to the Philippine mainland, reliant on regular navy supply missions and acutely vulnerable to blockade by Chinese vessels.

Translations

island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中業島 / 中业岛 (Zhōngyèdǎo)

• Tagalog: Pulo ng Pag-asa
• Vietnamese: Đảo Thị Tứ