An-peng

English

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Etymology

From Hokkien 安平 (An-pêng) for the place in Taiwan.

Proper noun

An-peng

  1. Synonym of Anping.
    • [1899, “Lungan Pulp”, in Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information‎[1], →JSTOR, page 219:
      The dried Lung-ngan or Geng-Geng, which is largely exported from An-pêng, the port of Tainan, is described as the longan fruit (Nephelium Longana).]
    • 1915, William Campbell, Sketches from Formosa‎[2], Marshall Brothers Limited, →OCLC, →OL, page 16:
      Next morning, however, Commander Bax of H.M.S. Dwarf generously gave me a passage up to An-peng, the Port of Taiwan-fu.

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