wangan

noun

1. (Maine, US)A boat for conveying provisions, tools, and so forth.

   “Wanigan or wangan was the Indian name for boathouse or houseboat, and the wanigans, carrying the cook shacks and supplies, floated down the rivers when the pioneer log drives were underway.”

2. (Maine, US)Any location or cache of equipment, such as a camp, building, or chest of supplies or tools.
3. (Maine, US)The company store debt of a lumberman.

name

1. A rural township in Penghu County, Taiwan.

   “Living conditions on outer islands are being improved. Trans-short wave telephones were installed in Wangan and Chimei villages in August, 1971. The villages also received electric lights in 1971.”

   “The centre, about 1km north of Wangan's ferry pier, works to educate visitors about Penghu’s turtle population; it also provides information about other attractions around Wangan Township (www.wangan.gov.tw).”

   “The main purpose of this study was to analyze the critical success factors (CSF) small island to develop marine tourism, and elements of tourism development. Qualitative investigation was used, and object as a case study by Wangan Township in Penghu County, Taiwan.”

   “The Ou family mansion in Penghu's Wangan Township. It is part of a historic community that was named in 2003 by the New York-based World Monuments Fund as one of the world's "100 Most Endangered Sites."”

   “Penghu thus had become an important conservation area for sea turtles. Penghu's Wangan Township is Taiwan's first place which established protected hatching areas for green sea turtles.”

2. An island of Wangan, Penghu County, Taiwan.

   “Small airports have also jbeen^([sic – meaning been]) built on Chimei and Wangan islands to handle services by light aircraft.”

   “To the south, Wangan Islet has a population of about 4,000, making it the most populated of the outlying islands.”

   “In addition, the biggest of the South Sea Islands - Wangan and Cimei - both have airports that host frequent flights from mainland Taiwanese cities.”

   “Among the archipelago's ecological attractions are turtles and avians. The green turtles (Chelonia mydas japonica) that lay their eggs on Wangan Island between May and October are an endangered species protected by ROC law.”

3. An Aboriginal Australian people of the Isaac Region of Central Queensland.