Penghu

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Peng·hu

 (pŭng′ho͞o′)
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Penghu

(ˈpɛŋˈhuː) or

P'eng-hu

n
(Placename) transliteration of the Chinese name for the Pescadores
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Peng•hu

or P'eng•hu

(ˈpʌŋˈhu)

n.
a group of small islands off the coast of SE China, in the Taiwan Strait: controlled by Taiwan. 115,613; ab. 50 sq. mi. (130 sq. km).
Also called Pescadores.
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Chances of torrential rain are still high for Kinmen and the southern part of Taiwan, including Hualien and Penghu counties.
Penghu, a coastal paradise 260 km from Taipei's urban hubbub and night markets, belongs to a not-so-discreet list of the 'Most Beautiful Bays in the World (MBBW).'
The video of the incident shows the boy clinging onto a windowsill of a high-rise building in Penghu Garden residential district in Chongqing on Tuesday.
Banks and fields of gaillardias are just one aspect of the natural landscape of the Taiwanese Penghu Islands that readers of this book will come to know and love.
For a more light-hearted touch, All You Need is Love is set on the scenic Penghu Islands in Taiwan, where a wealthy girl (Shu Qi) runs into a local hostel owner (Richie Jen), whose business is in danger of folding.
It hit the fishing boat off Taiwan's Penghu islands.
Last July 48 people were killed after another domestic TransAsia flight crashed onto houses during a storm on the Taiwanese island of Penghu.
TAIPEI FINE ARTS MUSEUM * January 24-April 26 * Curated by Mei-ching Fang * Coral stone, or laokushih, is commonly used in the architecture of the Penghu Islands, where the late Taiwanese artist Chen Shun-Chu (1963-2014) grew up.
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