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Chiaotou

Chiaotou is the alternative form of Ciaotou.

Meaning of Ciaotou

Proper noun

Ciaotou

  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
    • The only Special Station public artwork that was commissioned from a Taiwanese artist, Chu Pang-hsiung, is installed at Ciaotou [Kio-A-Thau] Station, near the location of the now-defunct Ciaotou Sugar Refinery.2011, Anru Lee, Perng-juh Peter Shyong, “Assessing (multi)culturalism through public art practices”, in Tak-Wing Ngo, Hong-zen Wang, editors, Politics of Difference in Taiwan, Routledge, →ISBN...

Origin of Chiaotou

Borrowed from Mandarin 橋頭 (Qiáotóu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻiao²-tʻou².

Questions about Chiaotou

What is Chiaotou the alternative form of?
Chiaotou is the alternative form of Ciaotou.

Words near Chiaotou in the dictionary

  1. chiao
  2. Chiao-tso
  3. chiao-tze
  4. Chiaohsi
  5. Chiaos
  6. Chiaotou
  7. chiaous
  8. chiaouses
  9. chiaoux
  10. Chiapa
  11. Chiapas

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