Sanyi

From the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 三義 (Sānyì).

• enPR: sänʹēʹ

Sanyi

1. A rural township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.
   • 1981 August 24, “Around the World; One Body Still Missing In Taiwan Air Disaster”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, Section A, page 5‎^[2]:

     The airliner was flying at 22,000 feet, bound for the southern port of Kaohiung, when it exploded and crashed near the small town of Sanyi, 94 miles southwest of Taipei.

   • 1981 August 30, “Gov't. to find causes of air disaster”, in Free China Weekly‎^[3], volume XXII, number 34, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 3:

     Two Boeing experts, Thurman Jones, air accident investigation coordinator and K.H. Hommel, a structural engineer, also arrived at the site of the accident between Yuanli, Tunglo and Shuanhu Villages near Sanyi township in Miaoli county, central Taiwan.

   • 2011 July 27, Helen Massy-Beresford, Chang-Ran Kim, Gilles Guillaume, “Peugeot, Nissan smarting after Japan quake”, in Will Waterman, Chris Wickham, editors, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 13 August 2023, QUARTERLY EARNINGS:

     A worker checks a vehicle for radiation at a Nissan warehouse in Sanyi, Miaoli March 31, 2011.

   • 2022 May 20, Micah McCartney, “Earthfest returning to Taiwan in July”, in Taiwan News‎^[5], archived from the original on 20 May 2022, Sports & Entertainment‎^[6]:

     The festival will take place at a campground about 23 kilometers south of Miaoli City in Sanyi Township. Campers can either bring their own tent or rent one for NT$1,300 per night. Cabins are available for rent as well.

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Clipping and -i diminutive of Sándor (changing -án- to -any-). (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃɒɲi]
• Hyphenation: Sa‧nyi

Sanyi

1. a diminutive of the male given name Sándor