Wutai

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.

    "Born in Wu T'ai county, Shansi, in 1902, in a landlord family, Hsu was educated at a normal school; in 1924 he entered Whampoa Academy."

  2. 2
    A mountain indigenous township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.

    "One of the model villages under this program is in the Wutai area of Pingtung county in southern Taiwan, where people have been moved from Haucha, a remote and inaccessible area where they lived in caves and huts."

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"Born in Wu T'ai county, Shansi, in 1902, in a landlord family, Hsu was educated at a normal school; in 1924 he entered Whampoa Academy."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 五臺 /五台 (Wǔtái).

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 霧臺 /霧台 (Wùtái).

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