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Beidou

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Beidou¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Mandarin 北斗 (Běidǒu).

proper noun Peitou

  1. An urban township in Changhua County, Taiwan. At 2am on April 22 last year, I departed Chengan Temple (奠安宮) in Changhua County’s Beidou Township (北斗) surrounded by thousands of Matsu devotees.

proper noun Peitou

  1. alternative Alternative form of BeiDou (“a Chinese satellite navigation system”).

BeiDou²

proper noun

  1. A Chinese satellite navigation system.

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name urban township

中文北斗 Běidǒu

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"Beidou." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beidou. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

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Beidou. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beidou

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"Beidou." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beidou.

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@misc{beidou_2026,
  title = {Beidou},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beidou},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}