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Neihu

/ˈneɪhu/

Neihu proper noun: a district of Taipei, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Neihu

  1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
    • The coal-bearing rocks consist of two ENE-WSW trending coal belts extending from the coast at the west of Keelung to the eastern edge of the Taipei basin near Sungshan and Neihu. The northern belt is formed of the Lower coal-bearing formation, beginning from Waimushan on the northern coast...1953, Ch'un-sun (何春蓀) Ho, Mineral Resources of Taiwan, Ministry of Economic Affairs, →OCLC, pages 31, 307
    • The area is 3,678 kilometers and the population exceeds 3,650,000. First projects will be a new city of 300,000 at Linkou and another new community at Neihu to relieve Taipei population pressure.[…]
    • Some 700,000 housing units will be built along with industrial parks, transportation facilities, public utilities, parks and playgrounds, drainage systems, etc. Development of Linkou and Neihu are high on the priority list.1969, Free China Review, volume 19, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 9, 28

Examples of Neihu in a sentence

  • The coal-bearing rocks consist of two ENE-WSW trending coal belts extending from the coast at the west of Keelung to the eastern edge of the Taipei basin near Sungshan and Neihu.1953, Ch'un-sun (何春蓀) Ho, Mineral Resources of Taiwan, Ministry of Economic Affairs, →OCLC, pages 31, 307:
  • Linkou in Taipei county and Neihu district of Taipei city will receive priority attention.1969, Taiwan Trade Monthly of the Republic of China, Taipei: Epoch Publicity Agency, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 2:
  • ᵇRural area includes Musha and Neihu, which were made part of Taipei on July 1, 1968.1972 April—June, Ronald Freeman, Albert Hermalin, T. H. Sun, “Fertility Trends in Taiwan: 1961-1970”, in Population Index, volume 38...
  • On one of our morning excursions we went to the Neihu district of Taipei to visit the National Fu Hsing Dramatic Arts Academy.1989 April, Fred Ferretti, “Taipei”, in Gourmet, page 190, column 2:

Forms of Neihu

alternative formNei Hu
alternative formNei-Hu

Origin of Neihu

From Mandarin 內湖 (Nèihú), Wade–Giles romanization: Nei⁴-hu².

Words that rhyme with Neihu

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Questions about Neihu

What does Neihu mean?
Neihu means a district of Taipei, Taiwan.
How do you use Neihu in a sentence?
The coal-bearing rocks consist of two ENE-WSW trending coal belts extending from the coast at the west of Keelung to the eastern edge of the Taipei basin near Sungshan and Neihu.
What part of speech is Neihu?
Neihu is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Neihu?
Neihu is pronounced /ˈneɪhu/.

Words near Neihu in the dictionary

  1. neighing
  2. neighings
  3. neighs
  4. neigong
  5. Neihsiang
  6. Neihu
  7. Neihuang
  8. Neijiang
  9. Neika
  10. Neikirk
  11. Neikirks

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