T'ai-tung
See also: Taitung
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Mandarin 臺東 / 台東 (Táidōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-tung¹.
Proper noun
[edit]T'ai-tung
- Alternative spelling of Taitung
- 1968, N. S. G., “FORMOSA”, in Encyclopedia Britannica[1], 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[2], 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[3], 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[4], 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[5], 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[6], 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[7], archived from the original on 22 April 2021:
- Learn about professional surfing on the coast of T'ai-tung county, Taiwan.
Translations
[edit]Taitung — see Taitung