chiku

plural chikus

1. alternativeAlternative form of chikoo (“sapodilla”).

   So there are black and white sapotes (no relation), mamey and chiku sapotes (same family). Black sapotes are not the only sapotes – but I reckon Jeannette Winterson would heartily agree there should be a place for one in your fruit bowl.

   2020 October 9, Palisa Anderson, “Not-quite-chocolate-pudding fruit: why black sapote is 'utterly unexpected and delightful'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2021

1. alternativeAlternative form of Cigu.

   The project is located at Putai, and Chiku, Tainan Hsien.

   1957, Narrative Industrial Program Progress Report; Project-Type Assistance, page 72

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   The spokesman said the rest will be produced at newly developed salt fields at Chiku near Chiayi in south Taiwan.

   Free China Weekly

   1973 May 27, “Output of salt hiked”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XIV, number 20, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 3

   Even if all 600 hectares could be sold off, the income of NT$600 million estimated by the county government would amount to no more than half the annual budge of Tainan County, "and for that you want to sell out our heritage?" wonders Mr. Li, a teacher and resident of Tainan County who grew up by the mouth of the Tsengwen River.[…] As they see it, the environmental impact report "is just a matter of compiling the data; if we do it a few more times it will pass," in the words of Chiku township assemblyman Chen Ming-lai.

   Animals and the Chinese

   1993, 中國人與動物 [Animals and the Chinese], →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 139

   A policy of no net loss for fish ponds, salt ponds, and other potential habitats, including the Chiku Area, should be immediately adopted by Tainan City, Tainan County as well as the Taiwan Salt Company.

   2006, W.Y. Chiau, “Lagoon Management and Black-faced Spoonbill Conservation: Issues and Challenges in the Greater Chiku Area, Taiwan”, in Journal of Coastal Research, volume II, number 39, →ISSN, →JSTOR, →OCLC, page 914, column 1

   Black-faced spoonbills are pictured in Tainan County's Chiku Township in this October 2009 file photo.

   2010 October 28, “Tainan County: More than 300 endangered spoonbills sighted in Tainan”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 04 Oct 2022

   Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, sponsored by the Ministry of Education organized "Friendly Taiwan - foreign student homestay development program," in cooperation with Longsan community in Chiku District, Tainan.

   2015 October 2, “"Friendly Taiwan - foreign student homestay development program" is full of goodwill: 26 students travelled to explore the beauty of Langshan in Chiku District.”, in Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2022