Central Mountain Range

English

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 中央山脈／中央山脉 (Zhōngyāng Shānmài, “Central Mountain Range”).

Proper noun

Central Mountain Range

1. A mountain range running through central Taiwan Island.
   • 2021 December 6, “Taiwan rushes to contain sudden cane toad invasion”, in France 24‎^[1], archived from the original on 06 December 2021‎^[2]:

     There should be no reason for these large and highly toxic amphibians to exist in Chaotun, a township in the foothills of Taiwan's central mountain range.

Synonyms

• (from Mandarin Chinese) Chungyang Shanmai, Zhongyang Shanmai, Chungyang Shanmo

Translations

central mountain range of Taiwan Island

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 中央山脈／中央山脉 (Tiong-iong-soaⁿ-me̍h)

  Mandarin: 中央山脈／中央山脉 (zh) (Zhōngyāng Shānmài)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Central Mountain Range or Chungyang Shan Mo”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 704, column 1