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Chungyang Shanmo
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English
Central Mountain Range
Etymology
From the en cmn-wadegiles - romanization of the en cmn - pronunciation of en zh 中央山脈 Central Mountain Range Zhōngyāng Shānmò, Wade-Giles romanization: Chung¹-yang¹ Shan¹-mo⁴.
Proper noun
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en Central Mountain Range on Taiwan: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
en 1999 Taiwan Worldmark Chronology of the Nations https://archive.org/details/worldmarkchronol0003unse/ 3 w:Gale Group 0-7876-0524-7 99-044217 42296033 587–588 https://archive.org/details/worldmarkchronol0003unse/page/587/ The East-West Cross-Island Highway, costing almost $11 million, is completed after nearly four years of labor by 100,000 workers. It opens the Chungyang Shanmo in eastern Taiwan to development by agricultural and logging interests and tourism.
en 2003 Vivien Kim Features Taiwan https://archive.org/details/insightguidetaiw00vivi_0/ w:Insight Guides 9789812349668 1028406778 45 https://archive.org/details/insightguidetaiw00vivi_0/page/45/ 1 Taiwan’s most prominent topographical feature is the Chungyang Shanmo (Central Mountain Range), a ridge of towering mountains that runs for about 270 km (167 miles) of the island’s length and formed by ancient tectonic, and, to a lesser extent, volcanic activity.
en 2004 Vanessa Wan The Land Welcome to Taiwan Welcome to My Country https://archive.org/details/welcometotaiwanw00vane/ w:Gareth Stevens Publishing 0-8368-3122-5 2004046688 54767535 7 https://archive.org/details/welcometotaiwanw00vane/page/7/ Half of the main island of Taiwan is covered by a mountain range called the Chungyang Shanmo (CHONG-yuhng SHUHN-mor) mountains.
Further reading
en 2008 Central Mountain Range or Chungyang Shan Mo Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 704 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/704/ 1
en Mountains