Saei

See also: saei and sæi

English

Map including SAEI (lower left) (AMS, 1944)

Etymology

From Japanese 左營(さえい) (saei).

Pronunciation

• enPR: säʹā

Proper noun

Saei

1. (historical, in reference to Japanese Taiwan) Synonym of Zuoying: the Japanese-derived name
   • 1947, United States Hydrographic Office, Hydropac Message Summary (Contains all Hydropacs in effect June 1, 1947)‎^[2], Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, →OCLC, page 14:

     There is a small naval port, 4 miles north of Takao, at (Saei) Toshien Harbor (entrance to harbor at lat. 22°41.8' N., long. 120°15.2' E.)

   • 1991, Toru Nabeyama, Trends of the Petrochemical Industry and Its Marketplace in East Asia‎^[3], →OCLC, page 27:

     The Construction of the fifth naphtha cracker by Chinese Petroleum Corp. was opposed by the residents of Saei district which includes a petrochemical industry district of Kaohsiung.

   • 2018, World War II Sea War‎^[4], volume 12, Bertke Publications, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 221:

     28 FEBRUARY 1944 […]
     1700 1825 IJN minesweeper W-18 departed Takao, Formosa, for Saei, Formosa. W-18 arrived at Saei.