Wang'an
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 望安 (Wàng'ān).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Wang'an
- Alternative form of Wangan
- 1979 July, Cornelius C. Kubler, “Life in the Pescadores”, in The Asia Mail[1], page 12, column 3:
- My first trip, one of the free, public transportation boats that ply daily between the major islands, was to Wang'an about 13 miles southwest of Magong. This island is 2.5 miles long by 1 mile wide and has an area of approximately 2.5 square miles. There are four villages on the island with a total population of about 3,000. As on all the outer islands, there is an elementary school and a police station; to attend senior high school, students have to go to Magong where they live in dormitories. Fishing and peanut growing are the major occupations of the people of Wang'an.
- 1994 July, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit[2], 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 260, column 2:
- You can fly directly to Chimei or Wang'an from either Kaohsiung or Makung. There is also the odd flight connecting Chimei and Wang'an with each other.
- 2009 February 28, Elizabeth Hsu, “FEATURE: Old village wins preservation battle”, in Taipei Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 March 2009, Taiwan News, page 4:
- On Dec. 23 last year, the Council for Cultural Affairs agreed to list a cluster of old coral-built houses in Chungshe Village (中社) on Penghu’s Wang’an Islet (望安島) as an “important settlement,” after several decades of efforts by local residents to obtain government protection of the centuries-old homes.
- 2020 August 18, “Fishing boat rescues critically endangered sea turtle”, in Focus Taiwan[4], archived from the original on 2020-08-19, Society[5]:
- A local fishing boat has spotted and helped rescue a critically endangered hawksbill sea turtle entangled in a fishing net as it was salvaging the net near Wang'an Island in the Penghu Islands.
The captain of the "Happy 168," a fishing boat registered in Wang'an, spotted the turtle Monday as it was gathering the net but rather than try to extricate the small animal from the net it called the Wang'an Coast Guard for help.