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Partial calque of Mandarin 珍寶島 /珍宝岛 (Zhēnbǎo Dǎo, literally “Chen Pao island”) via Wade-Giles romanization: Chên¹ Pao³ Tao³.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Partial calque of Mandarin 珍寶島 /珍宝岛 (Zhēnbǎo Dǎo, literally “Chen Pao island”) via Wade-Giles romanization: Chên¹ Pao³ Tao³.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.