Tainan

Proper noun

Tainan

1. A major city in southern Taiwan, dating to the 16th century
   • Camphora officinarum, Nees. The aggregate exports of camphor from China have increased considerably of late years. They were 22,231 cwt. in 1892, and 40,763 cwt. in 1893. The island of Formosa yields the principal quantities, the yearly output being now as much as 41,650 cwt., shipped from the...1895 March, P. L. Simmonds, “Notes on Some Saps and Secretions Used in Pharmacy”, in American Journal of Pharmacy, Philadelphia, page 128
   • The Council of the Mission, at its headquarters in Tainan appeals to the Church at home to make the jubilee year worthy of the name by an endeavor to reach with the Gospel the yet unevangelized tribes of uncivilized aborigines on the eastern side of the island.1914 October, “Unreached Aborigines of Formosa”, in Missionary Review of the World, volume XXXVII, number 10, page 790

   Synonyms:

   Fort Orange, Fort Zeelandia, Fort Provintia, Tainan City, Taiwan, T'ai-wan, Phoenix City

2. (historical) A former county of Taiwan.
   • Chungshe is one of eleven villages in Liuchia township, Tainan county (see Maps 2 and 3). It lies about 30 kilometers northeast of Tainan city.1972, Burton Pasternak, Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 10
   • THE TAIWAN DAILY NEWS reported that worker Chou Feng-yuan of Tainan County lost his job because of illness. His whole family became poverty-stricken.1978 February 15, “Taiwan Workers Ill-Treated by Government”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 32, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →ISSN...