Ockseu

English

Etymology

From Eastern Min 烏坵嶼 (ŭ kiŭ sê̤ṳ) and/or Hokkien 烏坵嶼 (O͘-khiu sū), possibly a contraction.

Proper noun

Ockseu

1. Synonym of Wuqiu
   • [1837 May, “Coast of China: the division of it into four portions ; brief description of the principal places on the southeastern, eastern, and northeastern portions.”, in The Chinese Repository‎^[1], volume VI, number 1, Canton, →OCLC, pages 12–13:

     The Lamyet (or Nanjeih) islands are situated to the northeastward of Chinchew bay, the nearest distant about forty miles. The mainland, leaving its usual northeastern direction, runs out due east for above thirty miles, and the first of the Lamyet islands lies off the easternmost point of it. From hence there is an almost uninterrupted series of islands and islets, up to the mouth of the Yangtsze keäng. The Lamyet islands are opposite to the entrance of a deep bay, at the bottom of which is the city of Hinghwa foo, the capital of the most fertile portion of Fuhkeën. This bay, however, has not yet been visited by foreigners. The outermost of the Lamyet islands, named by Ross Ocksou, was found, when passed by the ships of Lord Amherst’s embassy, to be in lat .24° 59' 15" north, lon. 119° 34' 30" east. About thirty miles further to the northward, we pass between an island of peculiar form and the main. This island is named Haetan, the altar of the sea ; in shape it is semicircular, and of nearly equal breadth throughout. A few miles above this island we reach the mouth of the river Min.]

   • 1879, Anna Brassey, “The Inland Sea”, in A Voyage in the 'Sunbeam': Our Home on the Ocean for Eleven Months‎^[2], 6th edition, Toronto: Rose-Belford Publishing, →OCLC, page 369:

     At 1.35 we made the island of Ockseu, a capital landfall, and very satisfactory in every way ; for the sky was too much overcast to get an observation, and the currents hereabouts are strong and variable.

   • 1971, Patrick Beaver, “The Light-keeper's World”, in A History of Lighthouses‎^[3], Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press, published 1973, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 129:

     The situation, however, is not unknown, for in Ockseu (China) lighthouse in December 1922, the principal keeper, a European, suddenly went insane and terrorized the whole establishment for several days before shooting dead his European assistant and himself. The two subordinate Chinese keepers kept the light going for twelve days before relief came.

   • 2021 March 15, Guermantes Lailari, “The Lebensraum Factor in Xi Jinping’s Strategy for Hong Kong and Taiwan”, in Jewish Policy Center‎^[4], archived from the original on 5 April 2021:

     In this type of scenario, the PLA could use overwhelming force or special forces to take over the closest islands groups such as the Matsu, Wuqiu/Ockseu, and Kinmen/Quemoy Islands (all within 30 miles of the PRC shores and would represent less than 1 percent of Taiwan’s total territory) in a short period of time (possibly a day to several days) and pause to review global reaction.

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