Linkou

• (also from Wade–Giles) Lin-k'ou

From Mandarin 林口 (Línkǒu), Wade–Giles romanization: Lin²-kʻou³.

Linkou

1. A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
   • 1970 May 1, “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.

   • 1970, China Yearbook 1969-1970‎, Taipei: China Publishing Co., page 219:

     7. Chinese Petroleum Corporation completed in May a 58-kilometer, 12-inch pipeline from Keelung to Linkou. It is transporting 5,000 kl. daily.

   • 1983 December 18, “Free China To Bid For 1988 World's Fair”, in Free China Weekly (自由中國週報)‎, volume XXIV, number 50, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3, column 1:

     Linkou has been chosen as the proposed site for the fair. Linkou is in the southwest section of Taipei and is adjacent to Taoyuan County.

   • 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.

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