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Xinpu

Syllables: Xin·pu

Xinpu proper noun: an urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.

Proper noun

Xinpu

  1. An urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
    • The center of shibing production is the township of Hsinpu (新埔) in Hsinchu County (新竹), where the dry climate and northeasterly autumn wind (九降風) provides an optimal environment for gradually drying the fruit through the effects of wind and sun.[2015 February 14, Ian Bartholomew, “Candy from heaven”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2015, Features, page 12
    • A notch or two below those in the popularity stakes, but if anything even more interesting, is the town of Sinpu Township (新埔).
      Despite its name (which means “new village”), Sinpu has a relatively long history, and was already a commercial center during the early nineteenth century.[2018 February 9, Richard Saunders, “Off the Beaten Track: Historic Sinpu”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Feb 2018, Features, page 13

Forms of Xinpu

alternative formHsinpu
alternative formSinpu

Origin of Xinpu

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 新埔 (Xīnpǔ).

Questions about Xinpu

What does Xinpu mean?
Xinpu means an urban township in Hsinchu County, Taiwan.
What part of speech is Xinpu?
Xinpu is a proper noun.

Words near Xinpu in the dictionary

  1. Xinning
  2. xinomavro
  3. xinomavros
  4. xinomiline
  5. Xinping
  6. Xinpu
  7. Xinqing
  8. Xinqiu
  9. Xinrong
  10. Xins
  11. Xinshi

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