Binlang

See also: bīnláng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 檳榔 (Bīnláng).

Proper noun

Binlang

1. An island in Lieyu, Kinmen County, Taiwan.
   • 2009 August 15, Lawrence Chung, “Historic swim heralds warming strait relations”, in South China Morning Post‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 August 2021‎^[2]:

     'Swimming across the sea to Quemoy was not difficult at all,' said Li Yenhan, 22, from Tianjin , who was the first mainlander ashore. 'There were some sea currents near Binlang islet [held by Taiwan], but after that it was an easy swim.'

   • 2023 July 17, “Kinmen-Xiamen relay returns after three-year hiatus”, in Taipei Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 18 July 2023, Sports, page 7‎^[4]:

     In its 11th year, the competition started at Xiamen’s Yefengzhai Beach and finished in Kinmen’s Lieyu Township, with a midpoint at Kinmen’s Binlang Islet, where the first swimmer in a two-person team handed off to a second swimmer.

Translations

islet

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 檳榔／槟榔 (zh) (Bīnláng)