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Etymology
From Mandarin 臺東／台東 (Táidōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-tung¹.
Proper noun
T'ai-tung
- Alternative spelling of Taitung
1968, N. S. G., “FORMOSA”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 9, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 630, column 1:The government-operated railway system, also developed originally by the Japanese, extends for 608 mi. (979 km.), chiefly on the western plain; most trackage is Cape-gauge (three feet six inches), but the 109-mi. (176 km.) east-coast line between T'ai-tung and Hua-lien is two feet six inches gauge.
1976, Huang Ch'un-ming, “A Flower in the Rainy Night”, in Earl Wieman, transl., edited by Joseph S. M. Lau, Chinese Stories from Taiwan: 1960-1970, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 199:Ying-ying answered apologetically, feeling that she had been reprimanded. “I got married last year in T’ai-tung.
1979, Peter Bellwood, Man's Conquest of the Pacific, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 70:In eastern Taiwan, three caves in Tʻai-tung county have recently produced stratified collections of unifacially flaked pebble choppers and flakes, dating from an unknown period down to about 3000 B.C.
1991, Miyo Idei, “Sowing With Tears and Reaping With a Joyful Cry”, in The Watchtower, volume 112, number 1, page 13:Shortly thereafter, Brother Jones left for T'ai-tung, across the mountains, with my husband as his interpreter.
2003, “Taiwan”, in Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography, volume 5, Thomson Gale, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 63:The Central Range plunges abruptly to the sea along the eastern coast, except for an area north of Tʻai-tung, where the Tʻai-tung Rift Valley and a short coastal ridge farther to the east are located.
2010 May 3, “Taiwan Earthquake 2010: Strong Quake Rattles Taiwan”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 15 March 2023:A strong Taiwan earthquake was reported Thursday morning, registering at 6.4 according to the USGS.
The earthquake took place in southern Taiwan, 25 miles from T'ai-tung, Taiwan.
(Can we date this quote?), “Know how the stunning coastline of T'ai-tung county in Taiwan is an ideal destination for the open surfing competition”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, archived from the original on 22 April 2021:Learn about professional surfing on the coast of T'ai-tung county, Taiwan.
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