Tamsui

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Tamsui

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From romanization of Hokkien 淡水 (Tām-súi); internationally conventional translation.

proper noun Tam-Sui

  1. A district of New Taipei City, northern Taiwan. To this time the Dutch had kept two garrisons in the North of Formosa, one of which was at Fort Kelang, taken from the Spaniards ; the other was at a place called Tamsui, about ten leagues to the westward of Kelang.

    Similar: Danshuei, Danshui, Tanshui, Tan-shui

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name a district in Taiwan

한국어단수이 Dansu'i
日本語淡水 Tansui
中文淡水 Dànshuǐ

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@misc{tamsui_2026,
  title = {Tamsui},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tamsui},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}