Yongan

See also: yongan, Yong'an, and Yǒng'ān

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 永安 (Yǒng'ān).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: yo͝ongʹänʹ[1]
  • Hyphenation: Yong‧an

Proper noun

Yongan

  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    • [2025 July 4, Huang Hsueh-kuang, Kay Liu, “Swimmer in 70s mauled, killed by 3 stray dogs in Kaohsiung”, in Focus Taiwan‎[2], sourced from Kaohsiung (CNA), archived from the original on 04 July 2025, Society‎[3]:
      The Ciaotou District Prosecutors Office ruled on Friday that a man in his 70s whose body was found on a beach in Yong'an District, Kaohsiung a day earlier after swimming in the ocean, was mauled and killed by three stray dogs.]

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References

  1. ^ cf. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Yungan”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 2131, column 1
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