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艋舺

Mandarin · pinyin Měng jiǎ

Mengjia (also written Monga, Monka or Bangka), the pre-Japanese-era name for Wanhua 萬華 Wàn huá, the oldest district of Taipei

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艋: měng · small boat
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3–3 · Meng3 jia3

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(historical, still used in Hokkien) Bangka (alternatively Monka, Manka, Bang-kah), a formerly independent city that has now been amalgamated into Taipei; modern Wanhua (a district of Taipei, Taiwan)

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