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Keelung

(ˈkiːˈlʊŋ)
n
(Placename) another name for Chilung
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Chi•lung

(ˈtʃiˈlʊŋ)

also Jilong



n.
a seaport on the N coast of Taiwan. 370,049.
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Parts of the wrecked fuselage of the turboprop ATR 72 jutted out of the Keelung River just a couple dozen meters (yards) from the shore near the city's downtown Sungshan airport.
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If cross-strait cruises are set up, ships will sail southward from Xiamen to Penghu, Tainan, Kaohsiung, Hong Kong, Sanya (Hainan Island), and Halong Bay (Vietnam), with northward liners to begin from Penghu to Taichung, Keelung, Shanghai, Okinawa, and Fukuoka.
It docked in northern Taiwan's Keelung Port, carrying more than 1,600 visitors from Mainland China.