Taipei

Etymology
19th c., from romanization of , composed of  (short for Taiwan) and.

Proper noun

 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).
 * 1)  The government of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

Usage notes

 * Since the immediate aftermath of World War II, the city has almost universally been known as Taipei. The Taiwan (ROC) government's official name for the city is Taipei, which has been adopted by geographic naming databases, international organizations, and by many other reference sources.
 * The choice between the Hanyu Pinyin-derived name and the Wade–Giles-derived name  may be interpreted as having political overtones.
 * was first used in the late 19th century, but during the (1895-1945),  became the more commonly-used name.

Synonyms

 * TPE

Translations

 * Afrikaans: Taipei
 * Albanian: Taipei
 * Amharic: ታይፔ
 * Arabic: تَايْبِيه, تَايْبِيه, تَايْبِي, تَايْبِي, تَايْبَاي
 * Hijazi Arabic: تايْبيه, تايْپيه
 * Moroccan Arabic: طايپي
 * Armenian: Տայբեյ, Թայբեյ
 * Assamese: টাইপেই
 * Asturian: Taipéi
 * Azerbaijani: Taybey
 * Belarusian: Тайбэ́й
 * Bengali: তাইপে
 * Bulgarian: Тайпе́й, Тайпе́
 * Burmese: ထိုင်ပေမြို့
 * Central Kurdish: تایپێ
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 臺北
 * Eastern Min: 臺北
 * Hakka: 臺北, 臺北
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin:
 * Wu: 臺北
 * Corsican: Taipei
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Taipei
 * Dutch: Taipei
 * Esperanto: Tajpeo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * Franco-Provençal: Tayipèh
 * French:, Taïpeï
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: Taypè
 * Hebrew: טַאיפֵּיי
 * Hindi: ताइपे
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: Taípei
 * Indonesian: Taipei
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, タイペイ, タイベイ
 * Kannada: ತೈಪೆ
 * Kazakh: Тайбэй
 * Khmer: តៃប៉ិ
 * Korean:, ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Northern Kurdish: Taipei
 * Kyrgyz: Тайбэй
 * Lao: ໄທເປ
 * Latin: Taipeium, Taipeia
 * Latvian: Taibei
 * Lithuanian: Taipėjus, Taibėjus
 * Luxembourgish: Taipeh
 * Macedonian: Тајпеј
 * Malay: Taipei
 * Malayalam: തായ്പേയ്
 * Marathi: ताइपेइ
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: Тайбэй
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: Taipei
 * Odia: ତାଇପେଇ
 * Pashto: تايپې, تایپي
 * Persian: تایپه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Taipé, Taipei
 * Punjabi: ਤਈਪਈ
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, Тайпэ́й
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Тајпеј
 * Roman: Tajpej, Taipei
 * Sinhalese: තායිපේ
 * Slovak: Tchaj-pej
 * Slovene: Tajpej
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: Taipei
 * Tajik: Тайбэй
 * Tamil: தாய்பெய்
 * Tatar: Тайбэй
 * Telugu: తైపే
 * Thai:
 * Tibetan: ཐའེ་པེ
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: Taýbeý
 * Ukrainian: Тайбе́й
 * Urdu: ٹاۓپی
 * Uyghur: تەيبېي
 * Uzbek: Taybey
 * Vietnamese: (臺北)
 * Welsh: Taipei
 * Yakut: Тайпэй
 * Yami: Tayhoko
 * Zhuang: Daizbwz