Kao Hsiung

See also: Kaohsiung and Kao-hsiung

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 高雄 (Gāo Xióng) Wade–Giles romanization: Kao¹ Hsiung².

Proper noun

Kao Hsiung

1. Alternative form of Kaohsiung
   • 1950 December 24, Hanson W. Baldwin, “Tense Lands in China's Shadow”, in Lloyd C. Gardner, editor, The Korean War‎^[1], Quadrangle Books, published 1972, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 132–133:

     In the south, around Kao Hsiung, where many of the training activities of the Nationalist Army, Navy and Air Force are located, the military atmosphere is even more evident.

   • 1973, Wang Tien Te, Julie Wang, “Taiwan Congregation Follows Teen-ager”, in Hartman Rector, Connie Rector, editors, No More Strangers‎^[2], volume 2, Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 29:

     When I was thirteen years old I went for the first time to the provincial capital city of Kao Hsiung, there to attend junior high school.

   • 1986, Jan de Hartog, The Commodore: A Novel of the Sea‎^[3], Harper & Row, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 376:

     In the early-morning hours of the one hundred ninety-first day of our voyage we passed Liu-Chiu-Yü island, entering Kao Hsiung approaches. The weather was stormy with low, racing clouds and an angry, slate-coloured sea. The awning over the open bridge flopped and thundered in the breeze. To the north I could see the barren peak of Shou Shan mountain, half obscured by rain, a mile and a half from the entrance to Kao Hsiung harbor.
     I was quite calm, surprisingly so. Ever since Merir Island, I had resigned myself to the prospect of having to live on the Kao Hsiung waterfront until the Isabel had acquired her permanent low profile.

   • 2005, Marc Alexander, “Shih-Feng Chen”, in Artists above all: Men and women who triumphed over adversity through their art‎^[4], →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 122:

     It also became apparent that his family was dissatisfied with the medical treatment he was receiving and were praying for some solution to their concern. The answer came when word reached them of a 'miracle doctor' who was noted for his treatment of similar cases at his clinic in Kao Hsiung.

Translations

Kaohsiung — see Kaohsiung

Further reading

• “Kao Hsiung” in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2024.