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Takow

Takow proper noun: kaohsiung.

takow: kaohsiung
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Proper noun

Takow

  1. Kaohsiung
    • Anping has of late risen greatly in importance, the foreign firms making it their headquarters instead of Takow, which port in former years was considered of more significance.1900, European Settlements in the Far East, London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, page 39
    • The three shipping companies maintaining regular services with this port are the Douglas Steamship Co. (British) touching at Foochow, Amoy, Swatow, and Kongkong; the China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co. (Chinese), whose steamers run between Foochow and Shanghai; and the Osaka Shosen Kaisha...1919, Supplement to Commerce reports : daily consular and trade reports issued by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Department of Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, page 32

Forms of Takow

alternative formTakau
alternative formTakou
alternative formTakao
alternative formDagou

Origin of Takow

From either Mandarin 打狗 (Dǎgǒu) or directly from Hokkien, specifically Taiwanese Hokkien 打狗 (Tá-káu), from Siraya takau (“bamboo forest”).

Questions about Takow

What does Takow mean?
Takow means kaohsiung.
What part of speech is Takow?
Takow is a proper noun.

Words near Takow in the dictionary

  1. takotsubo cardiomyopathy
  2. takotsubo syndrome
  3. Takou
  4. takouit
  5. takovite
  6. Takow
  7. takoyaki
  8. takoyakis
  9. Takri
  10. takrouri
  11. taks

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