山打根

Borrowed from Malay Sandakan, from Tausug sanda' (“to pawn”) +‎ -kan. Literally, “the place that was pawned”.

山打根

1. (～市) Sandakan (a city in Sabah, Malaysia)
   • 1891, 薛福成 [Xue Fucheng], 出使英法義比四國日記, volume 3, page 23:

     又山打根本係英公司租地，所租在般鳥全島不過四分之一，地勢偏北，號北般鳥，周圍有十萬方里。而山打根本港，內地河道甚多，宜於種植。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     又山打根本系英公司租地，所租在般鸟全岛不过四分之一，地势偏北，号北般鸟，周围有十万方里。而山打根本港，内地河道甚多，宜于种植。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     Yòu Shāndǎgēn běn xì Yīng gōngsī zūdì, suǒ zū zài Bānniǎo quán dǎo bùguò sì fēn zhī yī, dìshì piān běi, hào Běibānniǎo, zhōuwéi yǒu shí wàn fānglǐ. Ér Shāndǎgēn běn gǎng, nèidì hédào shènduō, yí yú zhǒngzhí. [Pinyin]

     Furthermore, Sandakan was originally leased by a British company, occupying only a quarter of the entire island of Panyu. Its location is located to the north, earning it the name North Panyu, and its circumference is 100,000 square miles. Sandakan Harbor, with its numerous inland waterways, is ideal for farming.

2. (～區) Sandakan (a district of Sabah, Malaysia)

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