Shilin
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English
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Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin[1] romanization of Mandarin 士林 (Shìlín).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Shilin
- A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
- 2013 April 11, Yeou-Jey Hsu, “36 Hours in Taipei, Taiwan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 October 2013, Travel:
- The Shida District appeals to the young and chic, and the Shilin District market is impressive for its sheer size.
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References
- ^ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01:
- This list of city and county names of places in Taiwan gives Chinese characters, Hanyu Pinyin, Tongyong Pinyin, and a commonly seen older form (usually bastardized Wade-Giles). […] 鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 士林區 / Shilin / Shìlín / Shihlin / Shihlin
- ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Shihlin”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1752, column 3