Linkou
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English
Alternative forms
- Lin-k'ou (also from Wade–Giles)
Etymology
From Mandarin 林口 (Línkǒu), Wade–Giles romanization: Lin²-kʻou³.
Proper noun
Linkou
- A county of Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China.
- 1973 October 18 [1973 October 10], “Heilungkiang Agricultural Mechanization”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 202, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Harbin Heilungkiang Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Northeast Region, page G 2:
- Thanks to agricultural mechanization, Linkou County has increased its per-mou yield of grain to more than 300 catties.
- 2020 May 7, “The Latest: UN ups appeal to fight virus to $6.7 billion”, in AP News, archived from the original on 22 October 2021:
- The last region to be downgraded was Linkou county outside the city of Mudanjiang in the province of Heilongjiang that borders on Russia and where the most recent spike in cases had been reported.
- A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
- 1970 May, “China Yearbook 1969-1970”, in The Hallmark, volume 3, number 5, China Publishing Co., page 8:
- Shu Lin Kou Station, usually referred to as Linkou, is situated on a mountain plateau approximately 16 miles northwest of Taipei, the capital of the Republic of China. It is a few miles southwest of the Tamsui River and about five miles from the China Sea.
- 1979 May 15, Fox Butterfield, “U.S. Navy Ships Continue to Call at Taiwan's Ports”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2017-07-02, Section A, page 6:
- Civilian staff members of the National Security Agency, which handles communications intelligence, are still manning a listening post at Linkou, northwest of Taipei, reportedly to monitor the Chinese Communist Air Force.
- 2022 March 7, “400 reservists report for Army's 'toughest' training program”, in Overseas Community Affairs Council, archived from the original on 05 March 2023:
- After reporting to the Shanjiao Elementary School in Taoyuan's Lujhu District, the reservists began a 14-day program simulating a scenario of defending a beach near New Taipei City's Linkou District (林口) should a war break out, according to the Ministry of National Defense (MND).
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Linkou.
Translations
district in northern Taiwan
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Linkou”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World, volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 1746, column 2