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Takau

Takau proper noun: synonym of Kaohsiung.

takau: synonym of Kaohsiung
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Proper noun

Takau

  1. Synonym of Kaohsiung.
    • A Chinese mob in Takau insulted the members of the Japanese legation as they were returning from Peking. The mob's action led to a tumult which was tardily suppressed by the authorities.1894 August 8, “Japanese Mob”, in The Climax, volume VIII, number 9, Richmond, KY, page 1
    • After the war between Great Britain and China, which culminated in 1860 in the Treat of Tientsin, two Formosan ports, Takau and Tamsui, were thrown open to foreign trade in accordance with provisions in that treaty, and British subjects and missionaries were to be allowed safe-conducts in the...1902, Archibald Ross Colquhoun, The Mastery of the Pacific, Macmillan Company, page 385
    Synonyms:
    Kaohsiung

Synonyms of Takau

Forms of Takau

alternative formTakow
alternative formTakou
alternative formTakao
alternative formDagou

Origin of Takau

Borrowed from Hokkien, specifically Taiwanese Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Questions about Takau

What does Takau mean?
Takau means synonym of Kaohsiung.
What part of speech is Takau?
Takau is a proper noun.

Words near Takau in the dictionary

  1. takatak boy
  2. takatak boys
  3. Takatas
  4. Takatsuki
  5. Takatsuki disease
  6. Takau
  7. takavi
  8. Takayama
  9. Takayamas
  10. Takayasu arteritis
  11. Takayasu's arteritis

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