Green Island

See also: Greenisland

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹiːn ˈaɪ̯.lənd/
• Hyphenation: Green Is‧land
• Rhymes: -aɪlənd

Etymology 1

Calque from Chinese 綠島／绿岛 (Lǜdǎo)

Proper noun

Green Island

1. A small volcanic island of the Republic of China (Taiwan), located southeast of the main island, primarily noted for its prison colonies.
   • 1970, Douglas Mendel, The Politics of Formosan Nationalism‎^[1], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 120–121:

     Green Island, a small islet of 1,000 people off Taitung on the southeastern coast, is popularly regarded as a major center for political punishment and "thought reform."[...]According to one of the students, "Gangsters are imprisoned on another island south of Green Island because Chiang is afraid they are a source of support for anti-KMT politicians, as he himself had relied on Shanghai gangs in his youth.[...]Once I was guided to a "political reform" camp near Taitung, but not allowed to speak to any prisoners. "It would be useless for you to take the rough trip over to Green Island," said the guide, "because they're even stricter with foreign visitors there than on Formosa. Moreover, important political offenders are kept in Taipei."

   • 1975 December 7, “Deer help to prosperity”, in Free China Weekly‎^[2], volume XVI, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

     Many deer farms also are located on Green Island in the Pacific, off Taiwan's east coast.

   • 2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153:

     The prison is now the Green Island Human Rights Memorial Park.

   • 2017 July 14, Amber Wang, “Pain runs deep for Taiwan artists 30 years after 'White Terror'”, in France 24‎^[3], archived from the original on 14 July 2017:

     He lends his works to exhibitions but does not sell them -- currently some are on display in a former dissidents' prison on remote outlying Green Island, which has been converted to a human rights centre.

   • 2021 July 6, Barbara Lee, “H.R.4373 - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022”, in Congress.gov‎^[4], archived from the original on 30 July 2021:

     SEC. 7075. None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to create, procure, or display any map that depicts Taiwan, Kinmen, Matsu, Penghu, Wuciou, Green Island, or Orchid Island as part of the territory of the People’s Republic of China.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Green Island.

Synonyms

• Bonfire Island
• Samasana
• Low Island

Translations

island east of Taiwan

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 綠島／绿岛 (Le̍k-tó)

  Mandarin: 綠島／绿岛 (zh) (Lǜdǎo); 火燒島／火烧岛 (Huǒshāo Dǎo), 火燒嶼／火烧屿 (Huǒshāo Yǔ) (historical)

• Japanese: 緑島 (Ryokutō)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Lütao Island or Green Island”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1808, column 2: “Formerly called Hwoshao Isl. Also spelled Lüdao.”

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Green Island

1. An outer suburb of Dunedin, New Zealand, indirectly named after Green Island (Okaihe) off the nearby coast.

References

• NZ Topo Map

Etymology 3

The island is named for its greenery.

Proper noun

Green Island

1. An island in Antigua and Barbuda.

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Green Island

1. An islet off the coast of Kennedy Town, Central and Western district, Hong Kong, situated to the north of Sulphur Channel off Hong Kong Island.
   • 1873, The Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, and Etc, page 356:

     Hongkong road is generally approached by sailing vessels from the westward, on which side it is protected by Green Island and Kellett bank, which extends nearly 1 miles northward from the latter island […]

   • 2009, Steven K. Bailey, Exploring Hong Kong: A Visitor's Guide to Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories, ThingsAsian Press, →ISBN, page 150:

     Soon you will steam through a narrow channel separating Hong Kong Island from the appropriately named Green Island and Little Green Island.

   • 2016 April 29, Kris Cheng, “Ferry collides with boat near Sai Wan, injuring 5”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[6], archived from the original on 22 October 2023, Hong Kong:

     A ferry collided with a boat around 9:15am Thursday in the channel between Sai Wan and Green Island, injuring five people.

   • 2019, David Bellis, Old Hong Kong Photos and The Tales They Tell, Volume 3, Gwulo, →ISBN, page 6:

     Most of the big passenger ships to and from the South sail via this deep and narrow passage which separates Green Island from Hongkong, while vessels to and from the North use the more magnificent eastern channel, Lyeemun Pass.

Translations

island west of Hong Kong Island

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 青洲 (Qīngzhōu)

Anagrams

• legendrians