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New Taipei

New Taipei proper noun: a special municipality in northern Taiwan.

Proper noun

New Taipei

  1. A special municipality in northern Taiwan.
    • Arson has not been ruled out in a fire that broke out Friday in Yungho, New Taipei, causing one death and 24 injuries, the city's fire department said that day.2014 September 12, “Deadly New Taipei blaze: arson suspected”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2022, Society
    • In what has been seen as a fiercely contested match, Hou faced stiff competition from Su, a veteran politician in Taiwan, who proved his mettle governing at the local level as the magistrate of Taipei County for two terms between 1997 and 2004. Taipei County was upgraded to the status as a special...2018 November 24, Huang Tzu-ti, “Taiwan elections: KMT candidate wins race for New Taipei mayor”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2018

New Taipei meaning in Arabic, Indonesian and Vietnamese

New Taipei in Arabic

special municipality in northern Taiwan
تايبيه الجديدة

New Taipei in Indonesian

special municipality in northern Taiwan
Taipei Baru

New Taipei in Vietnamese

special municipality in northern Taiwan
Tân Bắc

Examples of New Taipei in a sentence

  • Taipei County was upgraded to the status as a special municipality in 2010 and renamed New Taipei.2018 November 24, Huang Tzu-ti, “Taiwan elections: KMT candidate wins race for New Taipei mayor”, in Taiwan News, archived from the...
  • Housing prices have started to fall by about 5-10% since the beginning of 2015, and the house price-to-income ratios in Taipei and New Taipei are 14.9 and 12.43, respectively.2019, International Housing Market Experience and Implications for China (Routledge Studies in International Real Estate), →ISBN, →LCCN...
  • In July, the New Taipei city government organized a large-scale drill with its disaster services and the Defense Ministry.2022 September 4, Huizhong Wu, “Military reserves, civil defense worry Taiwan as China looms”, in AP News, archived from the original on 05...

Synonyms of New Taipei

Origin of New Taipei

c. 2008, calque of Chinese 新北 (Xīnběi) as New + Taipei, officially adopted in 2010.

Questions about New Taipei

What does New Taipei mean?
New Taipei means a special municipality in northern Taiwan.
What is New Taipei in Arabic?
New Taipei in Arabic is تايبيه الجديدة. See New Taipei meaning in Arabic.
How do you use New Taipei in a sentence?
Taipei County was upgraded to the status as a special municipality in 2010 and renamed New Taipei.
What part of speech is New Taipei?
New Taipei is a proper noun.

Words near New Taipei in the dictionary

  1. New Street
  2. New Style
  3. New Swabia
  4. New Sweden
  5. New Taibei
  6. New Taipei
  7. New Taipei City
  8. New Taiwan dollar
  9. New Taiwan dollars
  10. New Tecumseth
  11. New Tehri

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