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Wanhua

Wanhua proper noun: a district of Taipei, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Wanhua

  1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
    • On the other hand, the local people are for the most part crowded in the western part of this city, that is, the districts of Ta-tao-ch'-en and Wanhua.1956, Cheng-siang Chen, The City of Taipei, →OCLC, page 12
    • The population of Taipei is concentrated in two areas, each having a population density of more than 260,000 persons per square mile. One, the northeast part of the city, roughly coincides with the old Tai-tao-chen area. The other, the southeast part, is approximately the old Meng-Chia, which is...1964, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Settlement and Transportation”, in Taiwan-ilha formosa; a geography in perspective, Butterworths, →LCCN, page 235

Examples of Wanhua in a sentence

  • The other, the southeast part, is approximately the old Meng-Chia, which is now called Wanhua.1964, Chiao-min Hsieh, “Settlement and Transportation”, in Taiwan-ilha formosa; a geography in perspective, Butterworths, →LCCN, page 235:
  • It is not at all uncommon in Hsiachichou for married men to seek the services of prostitutes in the nearby market towns or the Wanhua section of Taipei.1966 August, Arthur P. Wolf, “Childhood Association, Sexual Attraction, and the Incest Taboo: A Chinese Case”, in American Anthropologist...
  • The Taipei city government said 1,000 soldiers trained for chemical warfare would disinfect the city's Wanhua and Chungcheng districts on Monday.2003 May 12, Thomas Crampton, “Viruses seem to attack cells in the same fashion, expert says : AIDS offers a clue in SARS fight”, in The...
  • Soon enough I was back in the Wanhua District.2014, Ed Lin, Ghost Month, Soho Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 46:

Origin of Wanhua

From Mandarin 萬華 (Wànhuá), Wade–Giles romanization: Wan⁴-hua².

Questions about Wanhua

What does Wanhua mean?
Wanhua means a district of Taipei, Taiwan.
How do you use Wanhua in a sentence?
The other, the southeast part, is approximately the old Meng-Chia, which is now called Wanhua.
What part of speech is Wanhua?
Wanhua is a proper noun.

Words near Wanhua in the dictionary

  1. Wangyi
  2. wanhope
  3. wanhopes
  4. wanhorn
  5. Wanhsien
  6. Wanhua
  7. waniand
  8. wanigan
  9. wanigans
  10. waning
  11. waning gibbous

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