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PRONUNCIATION OF PARACEL ISLANDS

Paracel Islands  [ˌpærəˈsɛl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PARACEL ISLANDS

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Paracel Islands is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PARACEL ISLANDS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Paracel Islands

Paracel Islands

The Paracel Islands, known as Xisha Islands in Chinese and as Hoàng Sa Archipelago in Vietnamese, is a group of islands in the South China Sea controlled by the People's Republic of China and claimed by Taiwan and Vietnam. The islands include over 30 islets, sandbanks and reefs over a maritime area of around 15,000 square kilometres with less than 8 square kilometres of land. The archipelago is approximately equidistant from the coastlines of Vietnam and China: 180 nautical miles southeast of Hainan Island, and about one-third of the way between Central Vietnam to the northern Philippines. The Paracel Islands consist of two main island groups: the Amphitrite Group in the northeast and the Crescent Group about 70 km to the southwest. The People's Republic of China took the Amphitrite Group in 1950 from the Republic of China during the Chinese Civil War and the Crescent Group from South Vietnam in the Battle of the Paracel Islands in January 1974. South Vietnam's claim to the islands was inherited by the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which has ruled all of Vietnam since 1976.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PARACEL ISLANDS


carousel
ˌkærəˈsɛl
carrousel
ˌkærəˈsɛl
duxelles
dʌkˈsɛl
excel
ɪkˈsɛl
filoselle
ˌfɪləʊˈsɛl
intercell
ˌɪntəˈsɛl
limacel
ˌlɪməˈsɛl
marcel
mɑːˈsɛl
micell
mɪˈsɛl
nacelle
nəˈsɛl
outsell
ˌaʊtˈsɛl
oversell
ˌəʊvəˈsɛl
presell
priːˈsɛl
resell
riːˈsɛl
undersell
ˌʌndəˈsɛl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PARACEL ISLANDS

Paracelsus

WORDS THAT END LIKE PARACEL ISLANDS

British Virgin Islands
Caicos Islands
Cayman Islands
Cook Islands
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
hands
Highlands
Hollands
Islands
Keeling Islands
lands
Mariana Islands
Marshall Islands
Midlands
Netherlands
Northern Mariana Islands
Solomon Islands
the Netherlands
Turks and Caicos Islands
Virgin Islands

Synonyms and antonyms of Paracel Islands in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Paracel Islands» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PARACEL ISLANDS

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The translations of Paracel Islands from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Paracel Islands» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

西沙群岛
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Islas Paracel
570 millions of speakers

English

Paracel Islands
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पार्सेल आइलैंड्स
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

جزر باراسيل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Парасельские острова
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Ilhas Paracel
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যারাসেল দ্বীপপুঞ্জ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Iles Paracel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepulauan Paracel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paracel-Inseln
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

西沙諸島
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파라 셀 제도
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paracel Islands
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quần đảo Hoàng Sa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பாராசெல் தீவுகள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅरासेल बेटे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Paracel Adaları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Isole Paracel
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Wyspy Paracelskie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Парасельские острови
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Insulele Paracel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Paracel Νήσοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Paracel Eilande
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Paracelöarna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Paracel Islands
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PARACEL ISLANDS»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PARACEL ISLANDS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Paracel Islands

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PARACEL ISLANDS»

Discover the use of Paracel Islands in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Paracel Islands and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of the Developing World
There are six major parties — Brunei, China. Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Taiwan — staking their claims over the Spratly Islands either fully or partly. With respect to the Paracel Islands, the parties interlocked in the dispute are Vietnam,  ...
Thomas M. Leonard, 2006
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The Spratly Islands Dispute: Who's on First?
The resulting treaty included a Japanese renunciation of the Spratly and Paracel islands, without designating which country was sovereign. “Japan renounces all right, title and claim to the Spratly Islands and to the Paracel Islands.
Daniel J. Dzurek, Clive H. Schofield, 1996
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Law of the Sea Zones in the Pacific Ocean
In 1933 France once more claimed the Spratly Islands (in 1932 it had claimed the Paracel Islands), but had to hand them over to Japan on 30 March 1939 (both island groups were administratively attached to the Japanese territory of Taiwan).
Hanns Jürgen Buchholz, 1987
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Territorial Disputes and Resource Management: A Global Handbook
of the Paracel Islands in 1955, and seized the other half from South Vietnam in 1974. Scarborough Reef, west of Luzon, is claimed by the Philippines and China, and has been the scene of several incidents. Taiwan also claims the Paracel ...
Rongxing Guo, 2006
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The CIA World Factbook 2012
Provides information on such topics as politics, military expenditures, and economics, and shares comprehensive, country-by-country statistical and rate information.
Central Intelligence Agency, 2011
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Battle of the Paracel Islands
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Zheng Cirino, 2011
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Naval Power and Expeditionary Wars: Peripheral Campaigns and ...
8 Although the Paracel Islands were visited regularly by Chinese fisherman for the past two millennia, there was no tradition in China of clearly marking maritime territory. Right after the Chinese seized the islands, details of the Vietnamese ...
Bruce A. Elleman, S.C.M. Paine, 2010
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Undelimited Maritime Boundaries of the Asian Rim in the ...
Chemillier-Gendreau has no reservations about the supremacy of Vietnam's claim to the Paracel Islands. However she seems to gloss too easily over the message sent by the Premier of North Vietnam on 14 September 1958 to the Chinese ...
John Robert Victor Prescott, Shelagh Furness, Clive H. Schofield, 2001
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Security Flashpoints: Oil, Islands, Sea Access and Military ...
Such a misbelief must have come from the false impression that the flag-raising and cannon-firing ceremony held on the Paracel Islands in 1909 constituted China's first-time declaration of China's title to the Paracels. The ceremony was in fact ...
Myron H. Nordquist, John Norton Moore, University of Virginia. Center for Oceans Law and Policy, 1998
10
Asian Approaches to International Law and the Legacy of ...
3.3.2 Spratly Islands and Paracel Islands dispute41 The Spratly Islands dispute was due to the synergic escalation of political, military and economic concerns of neighbouring states resulting from the growing interest in the ocean and ...
Jin-Hyun Paik, Seok-Woo Lee, Kevin Tan, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PARACEL ISLANDS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Paracel Islands is used in the context of the following news items.
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Manila, Hanoi to carry out old pact
Both Southeast Asian countries are embroiled in territorial disputes with China over the Paracel Islands (Vietnam) and Scarborough Shoal ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
2
Dokdo Island: A Case Study in Asia's Maritime Disputes
Vietnam and China have already had several military engagements over the Paracel Islands. Chinese construction projects on several reefs ... «STRATFOR, Jul 15»
3
Asia-Pacific Report: South China Sea dispute makes Vancouver …
They are the Spratly and Paracel Islands (known as Nansha and Xisha in Chinese), disputed territory often cited as the source of tension ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 15»
4
China says it has every right to drill in East China Sea
... a series of barren islands in two groups - the Spratly Islands, off the coast of the Philippines, and the Paracel Islands, off the coasts of Vietnam ... «ABC Online, Jul 15»
5
Vietnam, Thailand seek peace in disputed waters
In recent years, China has been increasingly assertive in pressing its maritime territorial claims, including over the Spratly and Paracel islands, ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»
6
Vietnam demands stop to China military drill off Paracel Islands
The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has demanded that China should stop a military drill near Vietnam's Hoang Sa (Paracel) ... «Thanh Nien Daily, Jul 15»
7
China could use islands against Taiwan: CSIS adviser
“Now it has one in the Paracels [Paracel Islands, Xisha Islands, 西沙群島] and will soon have one operational in the Spratlys [Spratly Islands, ... «Taipei Times, Jul 15»
8
Sansha: youngest Chinese city fast developing
Hainan Kangtai International Travel Service is the first travel company offering services for the Xisha, or the Paracel Islands. A company official ... «Xinhua, Jul 15»
9
Southeast Asia's naval rivalry -- India and China
Other maritime disputes: China occupies some of the Paracel Islands also claimed by Vietnam and Taiwan, and China and Taiwan both ... «UPI.com, Jul 15»
10
Chinese navy starts war games in disputed sea
The exclusion zone is off the southeastern coast of China's island-province of Hainan and includes some of the Paracel Islands, which are ... «ABS CBN News, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Paracel Islands [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/paracel-islands>. Apr 2024 ».
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