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Kaohsiung en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• kou′shyo͝ong′
• /ˌɡaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/
• gou′shyo͝ong′
• /ˌkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/
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Etymology

Borrowed from Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 高雄 (Kao¹-hsiung²), from Japanese 高雄 (Takao) (whence also Takao), from Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu) (whence also Takau), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”). First attested in late 1945.

Meanings

1. A city and special municipality in southern Taiwan, and the third largest city in Taiwan.
   • 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. 1978, Kung-Ping Wang, E. Chin, Mineral Economics and Basic Industries in Asia, Boulder, Colorado: Westview Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 309:
   • Although many factors in the industrial picture remain unfavorable, the Government reportedly is taking steps toward rehabilitation of industry. Repairs to the oil refinery at Kaohsiung (Takao) in Taiwan (Formosa) are being made, reportedly under the direction of engineers of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, under the auspices of the China Petroleum Corporation, a subsidiary of the National Resources Commission. This plant, formerly owned by the Japanese, was damaged during the war. 1946 December 14, John Stenhouse, “China's Economy Since the Japanese Surrender”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume XXV, number 11, Washington, D.C.: Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 1:
   • A high-end IC packaging and testing plant in Kaohsiung owned by Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc., a 100-percent-owned subsidiary of ASE Technology Holding Co., has been selected as a "lighthouse factory" by the World Economic Forum (WEF). 2023 January 14, Han Ting-ting, Frances Huang, “ASE's plant in Kaohsiung selected as WEF 'lighthouse factory'”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2023, Science & Tech:
   • Speaking to reporters in the southern city of Kaohsiung, Su said the "new Taiwan model" in combating COVID-19 was a "normal life, active epidemic prevention and steady opening". 2022 April 3, Ben Blanchard, “Taiwan says new COVID cases won't affect re-opening plans”, in Simon Cameron-Moore, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 03 Apr 2022:
   • On Friday, three months after she moved in, Ms. Huang was feeling grateful not to be among the dead after a fire tore through the partly abandoned 13-story mixed-used building on Thursday night in the southern port city of Kaohsiung. 2021 October 15, Amy Qin, Amy Chang Chien, “A Last-Chance ‘Ghost’ Building in Taiwan Becomes a Deathtrap for Many”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Oct 2021:
   • The mayor of Kaohsiung, Chen Chi-mai, said the southern port city on Saturday also implemented new rules requiring face masks and social distancing. 2021 May 15, Lily Kuo, “Taiwan raises coronavirus alert level as residents stockpile toilet paper and food”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Aug 2021:
   • Kaohsiung is the second largest city in Taiwan and has the biggest seaport. 1998, Robert Storey, Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition (travel), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 260:
   • Kaohsiung, a city on Taiwan's southern coast, is the 15th-busiest container port in the world. There would be global repercussions and immediate consequences for the Philippines should the port again be blocked by Chinese forces, as occurred temporarily in August following the visit of US lawmaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. 2023 March 18, Alexander Görlach, “Opinion: Facing China, Manila cozies up to US”, in Deutsche Welle, archived from the original on 18 Mar 2023, Conflicts:
2. (historical) A former county of Taiwan.
   • Occupying an area of 2,793, square kilometers, Kaohsiung county lists agriculture as its most important economic activity, followed by industry, commerce and fishing. While it is only 60 kilometers long, the county's coastline is extremely favorable to fishing activities. ¶ With its attractive mountain and seaside scenery, Kaohsiung county has enjoyed rapid development in the tourism industry. The best-known tourist attractions are the Chengching lake in the outskirts of Kaohsiung city, and Fokuangshan, where there are many Buddhist relics. 1981 December 6, “Progress and plenty in Kaohsiung county”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 48, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2, column 1:
   • Of the Four Great Ancestral Daochang, the Chaofeng Temple is the only one in the southern half of Taiwan; it sits on the slopes of Dagang Mountain in the Alian Rural District of Kaohsiung County. 1999, Charles Brewer Jones, “The Early Japanese Period”, in Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State, 1660–1990, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54:

Forms

Descendants

Pseudoxanthomonas kaohsiungensis

Relateds

Kaohsiung on Wikiquote · Kaohsiung on Wikivoyage

Synonyms

Takau (from Hokkien) · Takao (from Japanese) · Dagou (from Mandarin) · Takou · KHH · Kaohsiung City · Takow

Translations (28)

hi काऊशुंग (a large city in Taiwan) · yue 高雄 (a large city in Taiwan) · es Kaohsiung (a large city in Taiwan) · lt Gaosiongas (a large city in Taiwan) · mk Ка́осјунг (a large city in Taiwan) · ar غَاوْشْيُونْغ (a large city in Taiwan) · ru Гаосю́н (a large city in Taiwan) · ko 고웅 (a large city in Taiwan) · cs Kao-siung (a large city in Taiwan) · ar كَاوْشْيُونْغ (a large city in Taiwan) · nan-hbl 打狗 (a large city in Taiwan) · hu Kaohsziung (a large city in Taiwan) · ja 高雄 (a large city in Taiwan) · ko 가오슝 (a large city in Taiwan) · pt Kaohsiung (a large city in Taiwan) · fi Kaohsiung (a large city in Taiwan) · it Kaohsiung (a large city in Taiwan) · mk Га́осјунг (a large city in Taiwan) · nl Kaohsiung (a large city in Taiwan) · th เกาสง (a large city in Taiwan) · pl Kaohsiung (a large city in Taiwan) · hak 高雄 (a large city in Taiwan) · nan-hbl 高雄 (a large city in Taiwan) · vi Cao Hùng (a large city in Taiwan) · cmn 高雄 (a large city in Taiwan) · th เกาสฺยง (a large city in Taiwan) · de Kaohsiung (a large city in Taiwan) · ca Kaohsiung (a large city in Taiwan)