Oluanpi

O1L1U1A1N1P3I1

A form of Eluanbi — A cape in Hengchun, Pingtung County, Taiwan.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Eluanbi.

    Ride past Kenting to Oluanpi to see coral formations and the lighthouse.

    1994, Roger Grigsby, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast (China by Bike), The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 101
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    Oluanpi's lighthouse looks toward Lanyu, or Orchid Island, a tiny, rocky protuberance sixty-eight miles to the southeast and important because it is the home of the Yami, the smallest and most primitive tribe of aborigines in Taiwan.

    1979 November, Irene Corbally Kuhn, “Gourmet Holidays Taiwan”, in Gourmet, volume XXXIX, number 11, page 164

    The Pingtung county government has assisted district offices under its jurisdiction to develop the scenic Oluanpi area close to Kenting, including the rock formations at Maopitou and Chialoshui.

    Free China Weekly

    1981 August 30, “Progress without pollution in Pingtung county”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXII, number 34, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1

    Kenting has the warmest sea and best beaches in Taiwan. It’s also a mecca for those who never tire of that mysterious fascination for the extremities of islands and continents since it’s within a few minutes’ bus ride of Oluanpi at the southern tip of Taiwan.

    1982 October, Geoff Crowther, “Taiwan - Around the Country”, in Korea & Taiwan: A Travel Survival Kit (Lonely Planet), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 163, column 1

    The southernmost tip of Taiwan is eight km south-east of Kenting. Oluanpi is known for its coral gardens and lighthouse.

    1994 July, Robert Storey, “South-West Taiwan”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 229, column 1

    Stretching from north of Tainan to the island’s southernmost tip at Oluanpi, southwest Taiwan is a world far removed from the crowded north and the heavily cultivated central plains area.

    2003, Vivien Kim, editor, Taiwan (Insight Guides), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 229

Origin

Borrowed from Mandarin 鵝鑾鼻 (Éluánbí) Wade–Giles romanization: O²-luan²-pi².

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