beigan
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "PEIKAN TOWNSHIP (běigān xiāng) 北竿鄉 Peikan Township consists of three groups of islands, of which Peikan (běigān) is the largest and the only one open to visitors."
- "This birding area, located in the southwestern corner of Beigan Township, is the township's flattest and largest stretch of farmland.[…] This area is in the eastern part of Beigan Township. The several hundred-meter Tanghou Trail connects the two villages of Tangci and Houwo, and along this trail, you can see shorebirds, herons, and egrets."
- "To provide an experience of Matsu's traditional fishing methods, water activities in Beigan Township were carried out and arrangements were made for tourists to participate in net-pulling, night fishing, and set-net fishing[…]"
- "The Lienchiang County government (which administers Matsu’s 36 islands and islets) estimates that — excluding facilities still in use by Taiwan’s military — some 256 underground fortifications, tunnels, air raid shelters, and other related structures were constructed in Matsu’s four townships: Nangan, Beigan, Juguang, and Dongyin."
- "The Ministry of Culture said Tuesday that it has designated four ancient areas of Liang Island in the Matsu archipelago as the Taiwan's 11th national archaeological site. Liang, a 0.35 square kilometer island in the Matsu archipelago off the east coast of China, is part of Beigan Township in Lienchiang County."
- "Liang Island is the northeastern-most island in Beigan Township (北竿), and the site includes four locations known as Daowei I, Daowei II, Daowei III and Daowei IV, the ministry said."
Etymology
Late 20th century, from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 北竿 (Běigān), reinforced by Tongyong Pinyin. With respect to the township specifically, likely: 2000s, from Mandarin 北竿 (Běigān) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Běigan, reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin.
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 北竿