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Tamsui

Tamsui proper noun: a district of New Taipei City, northern Taiwan.

tamsui: a district of New Taipei City, northern Taiwan
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Proper noun

Tamsui

  1. A district of New Taipei City, northern Taiwan.
    • To this time the Dutch had kept two garrisons in the North of Formosa, one of which was at Fort Kelang, taken from the Spaniards ; the other was at a place called Tamsui, about ten leagues to the westward of Kelang.1813, James Burney, A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean, volume 3, London: Luke Hansard and Sons, page 257
    • Being driven off Taewan by a heavy gale, she ran to the northward, and, when the gale moderated, found herself off the town of Tamsui (Tanshuy), near the northernmost end of the island.1837 May, “Coast of China”, in The Chinese Repository, volume VI, number 1, page 11

Examples of Tamsui in a sentence

  • In Formosa the ports of Keelung and Tamsui are strongly protected by mines.1905 May 18, “The War on Sea and Land”, in The Independent, volume LVIII, number 2946, page 1096:
  • According to the British Consul at Tamsui, the output of coal in Formosa in 1918 was 801,520 tons.1919 December, “More Coal in the East”, in South African Mining and Engineering Journal, page 163:
  • Some rumors allege that 1,600 men have already landed at the river port of Tamsui.1947 January 10, Ralph J. Blake, REPORTS ON THE SITUATION IN FORMOSA (TAIWAN), PARTICULARLY RESPECTING FORMOSAN DISSATISFACTION WITH...
  • It is a few miles southwest of the Tamsui River and about five miles from the China Sea.1970 May, “China Yearbook 1969-1970”, in The Hallmark, volume 3, number 5, China Publishing Co., page 8:

Synonyms of Tamsui

Forms of Tamsui

alternative formTam-Sui

Origin of Tamsui

From romanization of Hokkien 淡水 (Tām-súi); internationally conventional translation.

Questions about Tamsui

What does Tamsui mean?
Tamsui means a district of New Taipei City, northern Taiwan.
How do you use Tamsui in a sentence?
In Formosa the ports of Keelung and Tamsui are strongly protected by mines.
What part of speech is Tamsui?
Tamsui is a proper noun.

Words near Tamsui in the dictionary

  1. Tampugo
  2. Tampuhan
  3. Tamra
  4. tams
  5. Tamsin
  6. Tamsui
  7. tamsulosin
  8. tamsulosins
  9. Tamsyn
  10. Tamuk
  11. Tamul

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