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  • enPR: pä-rä-sělʹ
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Paracel Islands pl

  1. A group of South China Sea islands administered under Sansha, Hainan, China, as Xisha (claimed by Taiwan (ROC) and Vietnam).
    • 1897, Carlton Dawe, Captain Castle: A Tale of the China Seas[1] (Fiction), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., →OCLC, →OL, page 31:
      ABOUT the third day out we passed the dreaded Macclesfield Bank, which, with the adjacent Paracel Islands and reefs, forms a pretty trap for the careless or unskilful navigator.
    • 1976 June 6, “ROC reiterates ownership of southern islets”, in Free China Weekly[2], volume XVII, number 22, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
      The Republic of China has reiterated its sovereignty over the Nansha and Hsisha Islands (Spratly and Paracel Islands).
    • 2022 June 29, Beijing newsroom, Hong Kong newsroom, Liz Lee, “Typhoon may be forming ahead of Hong Kong handover anniversary”, in Robert Birsel, editor, Reuters[3], archived from the original on 29 June 2022, China‎[4]:
      Gales in the South China Sea, off Guangdong's east coast and near the Paracel Islands, were forecast to reach moderate magnitudes of 6-7 but the wind in some parts of the sea could be stronger, the forecasters said.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Paracel Islands.

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