Beidou

Bei·dou
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proper noun

An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.

OriginMandarin 北斗 →
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Meanings

Beidou1

proper noun

alternative Peitou

  1. An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.

    At 6:45 a.m. on Tuesday (April 25), a fire broke out at the Lian Hwa Foods Corp. factory on Sihai Road, Section 1 in Changhua County's Beidou Township.

    2023 April 28, Keoni Everington, “4th Filipino worker dies in central Taiwan food factory fire”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 08 Jul 2024, Society
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    At 2am on April 22 last year, I departed Chengan Temple (奠安宮) in Changhua County’s Beidou Township (北斗) surrounded by thousands of Matsu devotees.

    2011 April 7, Noah Buchan, “Walking with Matsu”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 Apr 2011, Home / Features, page 13
proper noun

alternative Peitou

  1. alternativeAlternative form of BeiDou (“a Chinese satellite navigation system”).

BeiDou2

proper noun
  1. A Chinese satellite navigation system.

Origin

  1. Mandarin北斗
  2. EnglishBeidou

Borrowed from Mandarin 北斗 (Běidǒu).

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 北斗
  • 北斗 (Běidǒu)urban township
Polish Beidou
  • Beidouurban township
Cite this entry
APA

Beidou. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beidou

MLA

“Beidou.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beidou. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Beidou,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Beidou.

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