Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Namasia.
As to the Provincial Highway 29 at Namahsia District, eight road foundations were lost, but local residents use an alternative route for ins and outs.
KAOHSIUNG'S TAUYUAN HAS ACCUMULATED RAINFALL OF 1,337 MM IN 3 DAYS, MOST IN TAIWAN
2017 June 5, Jou-Ting (王柔婷) Wang, 陳顯坤 [Chen Hsien-Kun], “桃源累積雨量冠全台 勤和部落10民宅沖毀 [KAOHSIUNG'S TAUYUAN HAS ACCUMULATED RAINFALL OF 1,337 MM IN 3 DAYS, MOST IN TAIWAN]”, in Anthony Lin, transl., Public Television Service, archived from the original on 07 Jun 20173 more examples
Citing an example of cooperation at the local level, Her says the foundation built nearly 1,000 houses - powered by state-of-the-art solar energy systems - on land provided by the Kaohsiung County government for those displaced from devastated regions around Namahsia.
2009, Taiwan Business Topics, volume 39, American Chamber of Commerce in Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 25, column 2Hu Jui-chou, an army major-general involved in rescue operations, said those trapped included people buried by a massive landslide in Hsiao Lin, a village of 1,000 in Kaohsiung county. Many were also trapped in a second village, Namahsia.
2009 August 11, “700 trapped, possibly dead, in Taiwan: military”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022, Editor's PicksFebruary 26 Exhibition Sunshine Moving Elementary School A traveling exhibition titled 'Sunshine Moving Elementary School', presented by the National Museum of Natural Science in partnership with DELTA Electronics Foundation, will be showcased at the Museum's plaza on Shi-tun Road from Feb. 27 through Apr. 9, 2014. The exhibition will inspire people of every age to be part of green revolution with the example of Ming-chuan Elementary School in Namahsia District, Kaohsiung City.
2015 August 21, “Archives 2014”, in National Museum of Natural Science, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2022
Origin
From Mandarin 那瑪夏 (Nàmǎxià), Wade–Giles romanization: Na⁴-ma³-hsia⁴.
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Namahsia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Namahsia
“Namahsia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Namahsia. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Namahsia,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Namahsia.
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