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Meaning of Daan | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
/ˌdɑˈɑn/

Definitions

  1. A district of Taipei, Taiwan.
  2. A district of Taichung, Taiwan.

Examples

“"We've had a hit in the Daan District," the CID dispatcher said over the phone. "One hundred percent match over a cell phone."”
“Heavily residential Daan District is the most crowded, with 27,600 people per square kilometer.”
“Over the past four years, Taipei has spent NT$50 million (about US$1.6 million) on the project, which has established sustainable firefly populations in the Wenshan, Daan and Chungshan districts of the city.”
““In Taiwan, the older generation still buys at auction, whereas the younger generation is more open to exploring galleries; they are diligent in going to biennales and art fairs, they have lived abroad, and they are very much tastemakers for contemporary art,” says Shasha Tittmann, the Taiwanese-born director of Lehmann Maupin gallery in Hong Kong. The gallery is set to open a pop-up ground-floor space in Taipei’s Daan district from June to August this year, showing work by McArthur Binion, Robin Rhode, David Salle, Tom Friedman and Angel Otero among others.”
“Moving back to Taiwan after spending nine years in Canada is a big change. To make it a little bit smoother, the inhabitants of this house—a couple with two children—wanted to feel and be connected to the natural environment. Located in the residential Daan District in Taipei, Taiwan, the home is very quiet, yet conveniently close to the bustling Dongmen Market. The couple—comprising a jewellery brand owner and a yoga instructor—immediately fell in love with the place.”
“Critics accused Lin of putting her personal interests first, of leaving Taipei City without a second vice mayor for at least one month and one week, and the city’s Daan District without a legislator for one year.”
“As a result, large numbers of peasants have gone bankrupt. More than 170 rice-growing households in Taan township of Taichung County were compelled to raise pigs instead.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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