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Liuqiu, also
known by
several other names, is a
coral island in the
Taiwan Strait about 13
kilometers (8 mi)
southwest of the main
island of Taiwan. It...
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Liuqiu in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Liuqiu or
Lewchew is a
Chinese place-name
variously denoting:
Liuqiu (medieval), a
realm variously...
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Liuqiu or
Lewchew was a
realm said to have
existed in the East
China Sea.
During the 18th and 19th centuries, it was
referred to as
Liukiu in English;...
- The
Lamey or
Liuqiu Island M****acre was the
slaughter of
aboriginal inhabitants of
Liuqiu Island (then
known as "Lamey" or "Golden Lion Island") off the...
- on Penghu. Wang
called different regions of
Taiwan Liuqiu and Pisheye.
According to Wang,
Liuqiu was a vast land of huge
trees and
mountains named Cuilu...
- "Great Ryukyu" (Chinese: 大琉球; pinyin: Dà
Liúqiú) for
Okinawa and "Lesser Ryukyu" (Chinese: 小琉球; pinyin: Xiǎo
Liúqiú) for Taiwan.
Okinawan forms of "Ryūkyū"...
- Vase Rock is a rock just off
Liuqiu Island of
Pingtung County, Taiwan. The rock was
formed by the
rising of the
coastal coral reef. Its
lower part has...
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expeditions to a
place called "
Liuqiu"
early in the 7th century. They
brought back captives, cloth, and armour. The
Liuqiu described by the Book of Sui...
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organizations under various names. In his
Daoyi Zhilüe (1349), Wang
Dayuan used "
Liuqiu" as a name for the island, or the part of it
closest to Penghu. Elsewhere...
- the
former by
Great Liuqiu (大琉球), as
opposed to
Little Liuqiu (小琉球). In few centuries, the
Chinese ceased the use of
Little Liuqiu,
replacing it with Dongfan...
