Meanings
- Synonym of Central Mountain Range on Taiwan: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Half of the main island of Taiwan is covered by a mountain range called the Chungyang Shanmo (CHONG-yuhng SHUHN-mor) mountains.
2004, Vanessa Wan, “The Land”, in Welcome to Taiwan (Welcome to My Country), Gareth Stevens Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 72 more examples
The East-West Cross-Island Highway, costing almost $11 million, is completed after nearly four years of labor by 100,000 workers. It opens the Chungyang Shanmo in eastern Taiwan to development by agricultural and logging interests and tourism.
1999, “Taiwan”, in Worldmark Chronology of the Nations, volume 3, Gale Group, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 587–588Taiwan’s most prominent topographical feature is the Chungyang Shanmo (Central Mountain Range), a ridge of towering mountains that runs for about 270 km (167 miles) of the island’s length and formed by ancient tectonic, and, to a lesser extent, volcanic activity.
2003, “Features”, in Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 45, column 1Synonyms: Central Mountain Range on Taiwan
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounSynonym of Central Mountain Range on Taiwan: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Origin
- Chinese中央山脈 /中央山脉“Central Mountain Range”
- EnglishChungyang Shanmo
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 中央山脈 /中央山脉 (Zhōngyāng Shānmò, “Central Mountain Range”), Wade-Giles romanization: Chung¹-yang¹ Shan¹-mo⁴.
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