Jhuolan
English
Alternative forms
- Cholan (Wade–Giles)
- Zhuolan (Hanyu Pinyin)
Etymology
From Mandarin 卓蘭 (Zhuólán) Tongyong Pinyin[1] romanization: Jhuólán.
Proper noun
Jhuolan
- An urban township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.
- 2018 January 2, “Leopard cat bus”, in Focus Taiwan[3], archived from the original on 25 February 2024, Photos of the Day[4]:
- A community bus with cartoon paintings of a leopard cat is seen on Tuesday at a ribbon cutting ceremony in Miaoli County's Jhuolan Township.
- 2023 March 11, Staff writer, with CNA, “Ferret-badgers confirmed to have had rabies virus”, in Taipei Times[5], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 11 March 2023, Taiwan News, page 2[6]:
- As part of a program being carried out by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine to assess the prevalence of rabies among wild animal across Taiwan, two Formosan ferret-badgers were captured in Jhuolan Township (卓蘭) on Jan. 1 and Jan. 7, and a third was caught in Taian Township (泰安) on Jan. 18, the office said.
Translations
urban township
References
- ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info[1], 2006, archived from the original on 1 October 2006[2]: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 卓蘭鎮 / Zhuolan / Zhuólán / Jhuolan / Cholan”
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Cholan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[7], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 790, column 3