Chengcing Lake

English

Etymology

Partial calque of Mandarin 澄清湖 (literally “Chengcing lake”), from Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Chéngcing Hú.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: chǔngʹchǐngʹ

Proper noun

Chengcing Lake

  1. A lake in Niaosong district, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    • 2004, Phil Macdonald, “The South”, in National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan‎[1], National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 167:
      Climb the pagoda just inside the entrance to the resort area at Chengcing (Chengqing) Lake, on the city’s northeastern outskirts. There you will find views of the lake—a reservoir supplying the city with water—and surrounding well-tended and peaceful parklands.
    • 2022 September 14, Mark Footer, “Indian weddings in Thailand help offset missing Chinese tourist dollars, and can be had for a relative bargain, too”, in South China Morning Post‎[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 September 2022, Opinion‎[3]:
      “The central government finally signed off” on the National Indigenous Peoples’ Museum, reports Taiwan News, adding: “It will be built on 14 hectares near the north bank of Chengcing Lake, in Niaosong District.”
    • 2024 April 26, Tsai Ching-hua, Hung Chen-hung, Kayleigh Madjar, “Kaohsiung park closed after tree kills pedestrian”, in Taipei Times‎[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 April 2024, Taiwan News, page 2‎[5]:
      Chengcing Lake (澄清湖) in Kaohsiung is to be closed for a week after a man was killed by a falling tree in the park on Friday morning.

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