Shihchih
English
Etymology
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Proper noun
Shihchih
- Alternative form of Xizhi
- 1990, Jye-Rwei Chen, “Introduction”, in Analysis and evaluation of Great Taipei New Town project with standpoint of real estate development in Taiwan, University of Colorado at Denver, archived from the original on 03 March 2023, page 2:
- This plan calls for the construction of 3,000 units for the accommodation of 13,400 persons that will at least alleviate a portion of the pressure of population density in the Taipei Metropolitan area. Besides, government policy will built the second High-way (from Shihchih to Chutung), MRT system for Taipei Metropolitan Area and River-side express road to encourage and follow the private development investment.
- 1992, 光華 [Sinorama], volume 17, numbers 7-12, Government Information Office, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 128, column 3:
- Just three years ago he was running a bread stand, but two to three years ago he "read the times correctly" and bought a few buildings in the busy Shihchih district.
- 2008, “Keelung River”, in Saul B. Cohen, editor, The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, 2nd edition, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1863, column 1:
- Keelung River (JEE-LUNG) or Chi-lung Ho (JEE-LUNG HUH), 40 mi/64 km long, N Taiwan; rises near N coast, SE of Chi-lung; flows WSW, past Chitu, Shihchih, and Sungshan, to Tanshui R. in N outskirts of Taipei; coal mining in valley.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Shihchih.
Further reading
- Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Shihchih”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1752, column 2
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Shihchih”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2899, column 1
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