Beidou

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan.

    "At 2am on April 22 last year, I departed Chengan Temple (奠安宮) in Changhua County’s Beidou Township (北斗) surrounded by thousands of Matsu devotees."

  2. 2
    Alternative form of BeiDou (“a Chinese satellite navigation system”). alt-of, alternative
  3. 3
    A Chinese satellite navigation system.

Example

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"At 2am on April 22 last year, I departed Chengan Temple (奠安宮) in Changhua County’s Beidou Township (北斗) surrounded by thousands of Matsu devotees."

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 北斗 (Běidǒu).

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