Beitou

See also: bēitóu, běitóu, Běitóu, and bèitóu

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Mandarin 北投 (Běitóu).

Pronunciation
  • enPR: bāʹtōʹ[1]

Proper noun

Beitou

  1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
    • 2023 February 16, Yimou Lee, “Taipei hit by small earthquake, no immediate reports of damage -weather bureau”, in Muralikumar Anantharaman, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 22 November 2023, Commodities:
      The 3.1 magnitude quake shook buildings in Taipei. The epicenter of the earthquake was at the city's northern Beitou district with a depth of 4.8 km (2.9 miles), the weather bureau said.

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References
  1. Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Peitow or Pei-t’ou”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1446, column 1
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