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Houbi

Syllables: Hou·bi

Houbi proper noun: a district of Tainan, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Houbi

  1. A district of Tainan, Taiwan.
    • The firewood consists of bamboo charcoal produced in Tainan's Longci District, while the rice is championship quality from Houbi and Liujia districts.2019 November 15, Chang Jung-hsiang, Elizabeth Hsu, “Tainan to give top model 12 products as wedding gifts”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2019
    • The firewood consists of bamboo charcoal produced in Tainan’s Longci District (龍崎), while the rice is of championship quality from the Houbi (後壁) and Lioujia (六甲) districts.2019 November 16, “Tainan to present 12 dowry gifts to Lin Chi-ling, groom”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Aug 2020, Taiwan News, page 2

Origin of Houbi

From Mandarin 後壁 (Hòubì).

Questions about Houbi

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

Words near Houbi in the dictionary

  1. Hou
  2. houbara
  3. houbara bustard
  4. houbara bustards
  5. houbaras
  6. Houbi
  7. Houchen
  8. Houchin
  9. Houchins
  10. Houck
  11. Houcks

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