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T'aitung

T'aitung is the alternative spelling of Taitung.

Meaning of Taitung

Proper noun

Taitung

  1. A county in eastern Taiwan.
    • A thorough reorganization and redivisioning of the island was now necessitated. In former days, Formosa comprised one complete prefecture, four districts and three sub-prefectures. Now the island became a province with four prefectures (Taipeh, Taiwan, Tainan, and Taitung), eleven districts, and...1903, James W. Davidson, The Island of Formosa Past and Present, page 244
  2. A city in and the administrative seat of Taitung County, in eastern Taiwan.
    • Early in the morning the group left by train for Taitung, the port of exit from where they would take a boat over the choppy ocean.1958 August 12, Mrs. Peter J. Pankratz, “Visit to Orchid Island”, in The Mennonite, volume 73, number 31, page 485
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Questions about T'aitung

What is T'aitung the alternative spelling of?
T'aitung is the alternative spelling of Taitung.

Words near T'aitung in the dictionary

  1. T'ai-wan
  2. T'ai-yeh Lake
  3. T'ai-yeh Pond
  4. T'ai-yuan
  5. T'ai-yüan
  6. T'aitung
  7. T'aiyeh Lake
  8. T'aiyeh Pond
  9. T'ang
  10. T'ang-ku
  11. T'ang-shan

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