New Taipei City

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Synonym of New Taipei.

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proper noun
  1. Synonym of New Taipei.

    Authorities raised the alert level for Taipei and New Taipei City after 180 new domestic coronavirus infections were confirmed, up from 29 cases the previous day.

    2021 May 15, “Taiwan raises alert level after coronavirus cases surge”, in France 24, archived from the original on 15 May 2021
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    The councilors were divided, however, over what the county should be called after it becomes a municipality. Some favor “Xinbei City” (新北市) or “New Taipei City,” while others said that county residents should be allowed to decide the new name.

    2008 July 24, “Taipei County councilors frown at 'quasi' labeling”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2008, Taiwan News, page 2

    TAIPEI COUNTY (NEW TAIPEI CITY) In many ways this county (新北市 Xīnběi Shì; https://web.archive.org/web/20101113010824/http://tour.tpc.gov.tw/), likely to be called New Taipei City by the time you read this, is the poor cousin of Taipei, but transport is good, and there are some real treats for nature and culture lovers once you get away from the urban sprawl.

    2011 March, Robert Kelly, Joshua Samuel Brown, Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 8th edition, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 111

    The patient was a previously healthy 60-year-old housewife of Mandarin Chinese descent with well-controlled essential hypertension. Her regular medications consisted of once-daily doses of bisoprolol, irbesartanchlorothiazide, and lercanidipine. She lived in a bungalow in New Taipei City, Taiwan, with her daughter and husband, who both remained asymptomatic. No travel, animal or insect contact, or influenza vaccination history was elicited. Sore throat, epiphora, and otalgia developed 3 days before hospital admission to Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City.

    2011 October, Aristine Cheng, Kuei-Hong Kuo, Chia-Jui Yang, “Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 Encephalitis in Woman, Taiwan”, in Emerging Infectious Diseases, volume 17, number 10, Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1925

    Dog owners in New Taipei City, Taiwan, were given the chance to turn their pets' poop into gold. In an attempt to clean up the streets, anyone handing in a bag of dog poop was entered into a lucky draw. The top prize in the draw was $2,100 in gold bars.

    2015, Geoff Tibballs, Impossibly Amazing!, Ripley Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 97

    “We know how horrific war can be,” said Ms. Tu, who now lives in New Taipei City. “That’s why I think for Ukraine, and for Taiwan, being able to live is the most important.”[…] “Of course, I know there might be limits to freedom of speech, but overall I don’t think being absorbed by China would be that bad,” said Mr. Hsieh, a poet who works at a cafe in New Taipei City.

    2022 March 1, Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien, “Watching the War in Ukraine, Taiwanese Draw Lessons in Self-Reliance”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 Mar 2022, Russia-Ukraine War

    Synonyms: New Taipei

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New Taipei City. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/New%20Taipei%20City

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