Paracel Islands

English Etymology en Pronunciation pä-rä-sělʹ en Proper noun Paracel Islands p en group of South China Sea islands administered under prefecture-level city/Sansha province/Hainan country/China as archipelago/Xisha (claimed by Taiwan (ROC) and Vietnam). en 1897 w:Carlton Dawe Captain Castle: A Tale of the China Seas https://archive.org/details/captaincastletal00dawe/ Fiction London w:Smith, Elder, and Co. 34555771 26869145M 31 https://archive.org/details/captaincastletal00dawe/page/31/ ABOUT the third day out we passed the dreaded Macclesfield Bank, which, with the adjacent Paracel Islands and reefs, forms a pretty trap for the careless or unskilful navigator. en June 6, 1976 ROC reiterates ownership of southern islets Free China Weekly https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1976-06-06_17_22/ XVII 22 Taipei 0016-0318 1786626 1 https://archive.org/details/sim_free-china-weekly_1976-06-06_17_22/ The Republic of China has reiterated its sovereignty over the Nansha and Hsisha Islands (Spratly and Paracel Islands). en June 29, 2022 Beijing newsroom; Hong Kong newsroom; Liz Lee Typhoon may be forming ahead of Hong Kong handover anniversary Robert Birsel https://web.archive.org/web/20220629062917/https://www.reuters.com/world/china/typhoon-may-be-forming-ahead-hong-kong-handover-anniversary-2022-06-29/ 29 June 2022 w:Reuters China Gales in the South China Sea, off Guangdong's east coast and near the Paracel Islands, were forecast to reach moderate magnitudes of 6-7 but the wind in some parts of the sea could be stronger, the forecasters said. en Synonyms The Paracels, Paracel from Mandarin Chinese en Xisha, en Hsisha, en Hsi-sha, en Sisha from Vietnamese en Hoang Sa Translations group of islands Chinese: Cantonese: yue 西沙群島 sai1 saa1 kwan4 dou2 Mandarin: cmn 西沙群島 Xīshā Qúndǎo, from Vietnamese cmn 黃沙群島 Huángshā Qúndǎo French: fr Paracel m German: de Paracel-Inseln f-p Japanese: ja 西沙諸島 せいさしょとう, Seisa Shotō, ja パラセル諸島 Paraseru Shotō Korean: ko ^파라셀 제도, ko ^서사 군도(西沙群島), ko ^호앙사 군도(黃沙群島) Russian: ru Парасе́льские острова́ m-p, ru острова́ Сиша́ m-p, ru острова́ Хоа́нг Ша m-p Turkish: tr Parasel Adaları Vietnamese: vi quần đảo Hoàng Sa (vi 群島黃砂), vi Tây Sa Quần đảo (vi 西沙群島) Further reading Paracel Islands pn en 1979 Pa·ra·cel Islands The International Geographic Encyclopedia and Atlas https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/ Boston Houghton Mifflin Company 0-395-27170-3 79-2721 5171913 592 https://archive.org/details/internationalgeo00houg/page/592/ 1 en 1998 Paracel Islands Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/ 3 New York Columbia University Press 0-231-11040-5 98-071262 164337564 2361 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee03cohe/page/2361/ 2 Known to the Vietnamese as Hoang Sa.Also called Xisha Islands. en Islands Vietnam