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Taiping
Taiping
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Proper noun
Taiping
- (historical) The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, a rebel state in southern, eastern, and central China during the mid-19th century.
- (geography) Various districts, towns, townships, mountains, and islands in China, Taiwan, and Malaysia.
- (historical, geography) Taiping Prefecture, a former prefecture of China located west of Nanjing during the Ming and Qing dynasties.
- (geography, uncommon) An alternative name for Victoria Peak in Hong Kong.
Noun
Taiping (plural Taipings)
- (historical) A member of the Taiping rebels during the mid-19th century.
- 2014, Encyclopædia Britannica, "Taiping Rebellion":
- Under the Taipings, the Chinese language was simplified, and equality between men and women was decreed.
- 2014, Encyclopædia Britannica, "Taiping Rebellion":