"New Taipei" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: c. 2008, calque of Chinese 新北 (Xīnběi) as New + Taipei, officially adopted in 2010. Etymology templates: {{circa|2008}} c. 2008, {{calque|en|zh|新北|nocap=1}} calque of Chinese 新北 (Xīnběi), {{com|en|new|Taipei|alt1=New}} New + Taipei Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=New Taipei}} New Taipei
  1. A special municipality in northern Taiwan Wikipedia link: Ministry of the Interior (Taiwan), New Taipei City Categories (place): Cities, Cities in Taiwan, New Taipei, Places in Taiwan Synonyms: New Taipei City, Taipei (english: County) [historical], Xinbei Translations (special municipality in northern Taiwan): Nieu-Taipei (Afrikaans), 新北 (Sin-pak) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 新北 (Xīnběi) (Chinese Mandarin), Nouveau Taipei [feminine] (French), Neu-Taipeh [neuter] (German), 新北 (Sîn-pet) (Hakka Chinese), Taipei Baru (Indonesian), 新北 (Shinhoku) (alt: しんほく) (Japanese), 신베이시 (sinbeisi) (Korean), Tân Bắc (alt: 新北) (Vietnamese)

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