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DictionaryCommon words艋舺
WordTaiwan frequency #14,574

艋舺

měng jiǎ·ㄇㄥˇ ㄐㄧㄚˇ

old name for Wanhua District in Taipei; from a Ketagalan word for canoe; many canoes docked at the confluence of Xindian and Dahan rivers; Japanese-era euphemism gave the homophonous name Wanhua.

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