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TAIPEI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan
Synonyms:
capital of Taiwan; Taipeh; Taipei
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
national capital (the capital city of a nation)
Holonyms ("Taipei" is a part of...):
China; Nationalist China; Republic of China; Taiwan (a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong)