Yonghe

See also: Yǒnghé

English

Alternative forms

• Yungho

Etymology

From Mandarin 永和 (Yǒnghé).

Pronunciation

• enPR: yo͝ongʹhǔʹ

Proper noun

Yonghe

1. a Chinese imperial era name (various era names: 136–141; 345–356; 416–417; 433–439; 935–936; 1375–1379; 1721)
2. A district of New Taipei, Taiwan
   • 2015 April 12, Carlson Wong, “Haitian Vodou exhibition opens in Taiwan”, in Radio Taiwan International‎^[2], archived from the original on 2023-05-14‎^[3]:

     The first exhibition of 320 Vodou objects from Haiti opens in Taiwan and will run through June 16 at the Museum of World Religions in Yonghe, New Taipei City.

   • 2022 March 29, Keoni Everington, “Multiple unrelated COVID cases across Taiwan 'warning sign': Chen”, in Taiwan News‎^[4], archived from the original on 29 March 2022‎^[5]:

     In New Taipei's Yonghe District, a woman in her 60s (case No. 23,076) developed a fever on March 27 and was diagnosed after seeking medical attention.

3. A county of Linfen, Shanxi, China.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 永和 (zh) (Yǒnghé)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Yonghe”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 3531, columns 2-3