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Daxi

Daxi proper noun: a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Daxi

  1. A district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
    • At Cihu, near the town of Daxi, 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Taipei on Provincial Highway 7, Chiang Kai-shek lies entombed above ground in a granite and marble coffin in one of his former country villas. The gravesite is "temporary," as before his death Chiang had requested his body be returned to...2011, Phil Macdonald, Taiwan, 3rd edition, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 122
    • Now, busloads of Chinese tourists come every week to visit Chiang’s tomb, nestled between two red and blue Taiwanese flags in the small town of Daxi, an hour’s drive south of Taipei.2012 August 30, Sarah Mishkin, “Chinese tourists boost Taiwan’s economy”, in The Washington Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Aug 2012, Asia

Forms of Daxi

alternative formTahsi
alternative formTa-hsi
alternative formDasi

Origin of Daxi

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大溪 (Dàxī).

Questions about Daxi

What does Daxi mean?
Daxi means a district of Taoyuan, Taiwan.
What part of speech is Daxi?
Daxi is a proper noun.

Words near Daxi in the dictionary

  1. Dawu
  2. Dawud
  3. Dawukou
  4. Dax
  5. daxen
  6. Daxi
  7. Daxin
  8. Daxing
  9. Daxing'anling
  10. daxophone
  11. daxophones

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