English Explanatory Dictionary

Bashi Channel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. The strait, part of Luzon Strait, dividing Mavulis Island of the Philippines and Orchid Island/Lanyu of Taiwan and connecting the South China Sea/Taiwan Strait and Philippine Sea/Pacific Ocean.

Pronunciation

bäʹshē /ˈbɑʃi/

Word forms

Bashi Channel Bashee Channel Bachi Channel

Etymology

From Bashi + channel. Bashee, later Bashi, is from a local language term for a type of liquor drunk plentifully by the crew of William Dampier when they landed on an island south of the channel, as reported in Dampier's book the popular sensation A New Voyage Round the World (page 422) published in 1697. According to Dampier, the crew named the island after the liquor. The channel would take the name of the island. (See also basi.)

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