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Daan

/ˌdɑˈɑn/

Daan proper noun: a district of Taipei, Taiwan.

daan: a district of Taipei, Taiwan
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Proper noun

Daan

  1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
    • "We've had a hit in the Daan District," the CID dispatcher said over the phone. "One hundred percent match over a cell phone."2005, Jeff Rovin, “Taipei, Taiwan”, in War of Eagles (Tom Clancy's Op-Center) (Fiction), New York: Berkley Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 100
    • Heavily residential Daan District is the most crowded, with 27,600 people per square kilometer.2015, Sarah Clark, editor, Taipei (Insight Guides), 3rd edition (Travel), Apa Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22
  2. A district of Taichung, Taiwan.
    • As a result, large numbers of peasants have gone bankrupt. More than 170 rice-growing households in Taan township of Taichung County were compelled to raise pigs instead.[1978 February 15, “Taiwan Workers Ill-Treated by Government”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 32, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA...

Forms of Daan

alternative formTaan
alternative formTa-an
alternative formDa'an
alternative formDa-an

Origin of Daan

From the Mandarin 大安 (Dà'ān).

Phrases with Daan

Questions about Daan

What does Daan mean?
Daan means a district of Taipei, Taiwan.
What part of speech is Daan?
Daan is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Daan?
Daan is pronounced /ˌdɑˈɑn/.

Words near Daan in the dictionary

  1. daal tadka
  2. daal tarka
  3. daalder
  4. daalders
  5. daals
  6. Daan
  7. Daan Lungsod
  8. daana
  9. Daanbantayan
  10. Daang Bago
  11. Daanglungsod

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