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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 新店 (Xīndiàn) Wade–Giles romanization: Hsin¹-tien⁴.
Proper noun
Hsintien
- Alternative form of Xindian
1980 October 19, “Yue Loong achieves first car exports”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXI, number 41, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4:Counting in the company’s existing facilities at Hsintien in suburban Taipei, where 2,000 people are employed, Yue Loong will be able to produce 260,000 sedans a year, ranging from 1200cc to 2400cc in engine displacements and light trucks by 1985, Mrs. Yen estimated.
1994 July, Robert Storey, “Taipei - Things to See & Do”, in Taiwan - A Travel Survival Kit, 3rd edition, Lonely Planet, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 148, column 1:The lake is adjacent to the town of Hsintien (xīndiàn), which can be reached easily from Taipei.
2000 June 17, Irene Lin, “Two soldiers flee maximum-security Hsintien prison”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2022, Local News, page 3:Two army soldiers detained for robbery and theft escaped from the maximum-security military penitentiary in Hsintien, Taipei County, yesterday evening.
2001, Robert Green, “A Republic in Exile”, in Taiwan, Lucent Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 59:In 1947 Chiang brought the successor of the Blue Shirts to Taiwan. The new agency blended law enforcement with counterespionage. Its headquarters in the Hsintien suburb of Taipei became a feared place, where opponents of the government were interrogated with cruel techniques.
2020 November 16, Phillip Charlier, “Investigation Bureau loses 6.5 kilograms of amphetamines”, in Taiwan English News, archived from the original on 16 November 2020:According to media reports, officers from the Keelung City Field Office, Maritime Affairs Field Division lost the haul while it was being delivered to a investigative laboratory in Hsintien District, New Taipei City, in November last year, but the incident was not reported to head office until sometime last week.
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