English Explanatory Dictionary

Keelung

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A city in north-eastern Taiwan.

Pronunciation

kēʹlo͝ongʹ

Word forms

Keelung Kelung Kilung Kiirun

Etymology

From the Postal Romanization of the Nanking court dialect Mandarin 雞籠 (Jīlóng), before the modern palatalization of [k] to [t͡ɕ].

Synonyms

KEE Chi-lung Chilung Jilong Kelang
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