Neihu

N1E1I1H4U1
/ˈneɪhu/

proper noun

A district of Taipei, Taiwan.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Nei Hu · alternative Nei-Hu

  1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.

    ᵇRural area includes Musha and Neihu, which were made part of Taipei on July 1, 1968.

    1972 April—June, Ronald Freeman, Albert Hermalin, T. H. Sun, “Fertility Trends in Taiwan: 1961-1970”, in Population Index, volume 38, number 2, Office of Population Research, Princeton University; Population Association of America, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 151
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    The coal-bearing rocks consist of two ENE-WSW trending coal belts extending from the coast at the west of Keelung to the eastern edge of the Taipei basin near Sungshan and Neihu. The northern belt is formed of the Lower coal-bearing formation, beginning from Waimushan on the northern coast westwards through Neimushan, Tawulun, Luliao, to Neihu in a total extension of nearly 16 km.[…]Neihu 內湖

    1953, Ch'un-sun (何春蓀) Ho, Mineral Resources of Taiwan, Ministry of Economic Affairs, →OCLC, pages 31, 307

    The area is 3,678 kilometers and the population exceeds 3,650,000. First projects will be a new city of 300,000 at Linkou and another new community at Neihu to relieve Taipei population pressure.[…] Some 700,000 housing units will be built along with industrial parks, transportation facilities, public utilities, parks and playgrounds, drainage systems, etc. Development of Linkou and Neihu are high on the priority list.

    1969, Free China Review, volume 19, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 9, 28

    Linkou in Taipei county and Neihu district of Taipei city will receive priority attention.

    1969, Taiwan Trade Monthly of the Republic of China, Taipei: Epoch Publicity Agency, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 31, column 2

    The section between Keelung and Neihu (northeast of Taipei) of the North-South Freeway is scheduled to be completed by the end of May and will be opened to traffic in July, according to the Taiwan Area Freeway Construction Bureau.

    Free China Weekly

    1977 May 1, “North-South Freeway”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XVIII, number 17, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1

    On one of our morning excursions we went to the Neihu district of Taipei to visit the National Fu Hsing Dramatic Arts Academy.

    1989 April, Fred Ferretti, “Taipei”, in Gourmet, page 190, column 2

Origin

From Mandarin 內湖 (Nèihú), Wade–Giles romanization: Nei⁴-hu².

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 內湖 /内湖
  • 內湖 /内湖 (Nèihú)district

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