Takao
/tæˈkaʊ/
Takao proper noun: synonym of Kaohsiung.
Proper noun
Takao
- Synonym of Kaohsiung.
- Foreign observers who were at Keelung March 8 state that in mid-afternoon the streets of the city were cleared suddenly by machine gun fire directed at no particular objects or persons. After dark ships docked and discharged the troops for which the Governor apparently had been waiting. Fairly...1949, United States Relations With China, United States Department of State, page 931
- A descendant of Robert Swinhoe, the first British consul in what was then known as Formosa, on Thursday visited the British Consulate at Takow (打狗英國領事館) in Kaohsiung, hoping to deepen his understanding of his ancestor. ¶ Robert Swinhoe was stationed in Taiwan in July 1861 as the first British...2019, Huang Chia-lin, Jake Chung, “Descendant of Britain’s first consul visits Taiwan”, in Taipei Times
- Synonyms:
- Kaohsiung
Synonyms of Takao
Origin of Takao
Borrowed from Japanese 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao), from Min Nan 打狗 (Tá-káu).
Words that rhyme with Takao
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Questions about Takao
- What does Takao mean?
- Takao means synonym of Kaohsiung.
- What part of speech is Takao?
- Takao is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Takao?
- Takao is pronounced /tæˈkaʊ/.
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