Kaohsiung

English

Kaohsiung Exhibition Center

Alternative forms

• (also from Wade-Giles) Kao-hsiung
• (from Tongyong Pinyin) Gaosyong
• (from Hanyu Pinyin) Gaoxiong

Etymology

From Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 高雄 (Kao¹-hsiung²), from Japanese 高雄 (Takao) (Takao), from Min Nan 打狗 (Tá-káu) (Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

Proper noun

Kaohsiung

1. The second largest city in Taiwan.
   • 1959, Annual Register of the United States Naval Academy‎^[1], Annapolis: Government Printing Office, page 147:

     Duing the period June 20-26, the midshipmen embarked in various operating units of the U. S. Seventh Fleet, including 1 cruiser, 3 carriers, and 18 destroyers at Pearl Harbor, Yokosuka, Sasebo, Guam, Buckner Bay, Subic Bay, and Kaohsiung.
     During the period June 26 to August 12, these Seventh Fleet ships participated in fast carrier Task Force operations with occasional visits to the following Far East ports:
     Buckner Bay, Okinawa
     Guam, Mariana Islands
     Hong Kong, British Crown Colony
     Kaohsiung, Formosa
     Sasebo, Japan
     Yokosuka, Japan

   • 1978, Kung-Ping Wang and E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia‎^[2], Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, page 309:

     The existing steel industry is centered at Kaohsiung and is based mainly on local and imported scrap. An integrated steelworks being built by CI&S, also at Kaohsiung, will have an annual ingot capacity of 1.5 million tons by 1977 and, it is hoped 6 million tons by 1983; the bulk of the raw materials needed will be from foreign sources. Meanwhile, large tonnages of finished steel produced are imported.

   • 1998, Robert Storey, Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎^[3], page 260:

     Kaohsiung is the second largest city in Taiwan and has the biggest seaport.

   • 2014, “Condolences for the gas explosion in Kaohsiung”, in GOV.UK‎^[4], Government of the United Kingdom:

     The British Trade & Cultural office was deeply saddened to learn this morning of the gas explosion in Kaohsiung late last night, and of the heavy loss of life and the injuries caused to so many people. We pay tribute to the courage of the emergency services who are dealing with this crisis. Our thoughts are with all the families and friends of those who have lost their lives, and with the injured.

   • 2017, “H.R.2810 - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2018”, in Public Law No: 115-91‎^[5], Library of Congress:

     SEC. 1270A. NAVAL PORT OF CALL EXCHANGES BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND TAIWAN.
     The Secretary of Defense shall—
     (1) reestablish regular ports of call by the United States Navy at Kaohsiung or any other suitable port or ports on the island of Taiwan; and
     (2) permit the United States Pacific Command (PACOM) to receive ports of call by the navy of Taiwan in Hawaii, Guam, and other appropriate locations.

Synonyms

• Takau
• Takow
• Takao

Translations

a large city in Taiwan

• Arabic: كَاوْشْيُونْغ m (kawšyūnḡ), غَاوْشْيُونْغ m (ḡawšyūnḡ)
• Catalan: Kaohsiung
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 高雄 (gou¹ hung⁴)

  Hakka: 高雄 (Kô-hiùng)

  Mandarin: 高雄 (zh) (Gāoxióng)

  Min Nan: 打狗 (Tá-káu, Táⁿ-káu), 高雄 (zh-min-nan) (Ko-hiông)

• Czech: Kao-siung
• Dutch: Kaohsiung
• Finnish: Kaohsiung
• German: Kaohsiung
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• Italian: Kaohsiung
• Japanese: 高雄 (ja) (たかお, Takao)
• Korean: 가오슝 (Gaosyung)
• Lithuanian: Gaosiongas
• Macedonian: Ка́осјунг m (Káosjung), Га́осјунг m (Gáosjung)
• Polish: Kaohsiung
• Portuguese: Kaohsiung
• Russian: Гаосю́н m (Gaosjún)
• Spanish: Kaohsiung (es)
• Vietnamese: Cao Hùng

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Kaohsiung f

1. Kaohsiung (a city in Taiwan)