Kaohsiung

English

Alternative forms

Gaoxiong (based on pinyin)

Etymology

From Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin 高雄 (Gāoxióng), from Japanese 高雄 (Takao), from Min Nan 打狗 (Táⁿ-káu)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkaʊ ˈʃjʊŋ/

Proper noun

Kaohsiung

The second largest city in Taiwan.

Translations

a large city in Taiwan

Arabic: كَاوْشْيُونْغ‎ m (kawšyūnḡ), غَاوْشْيُونْغ‎ m (ḡawšyūnḡ)
Catalan: Kaohsiung
Chinese:
Cantonese: 高雄 (gou¹ hung⁴)

Hakka: 高雄 (Kô-hiùng)

Mandarin: 高雄 (zh) (Gāoxióng)

Min Nan: 打狗 (Táⁿ-káu), 高雄 (zh-min-nan) (Ko-hiông)
Czech: Kao-siung
Dutch: Kaohsiung
Finnish: Kaohsiung
German: Kaohsiung

Italian: Kaohsiung
Japanese: 高雄 (ja) (たかお, Takao)
Korean: 가오슝 (Gaosyung)
Lithuanian: Gaosiongas
Macedonian: Каосјунг m (Káosjung), Гаосјунг m (Gáosjung)
Polish: Kaohsiung
Portuguese: Kaohsiung
Russian: Гаосю́н m (Gaosjún)
Spanish: Kaohsiung (es)
Vietnamese: Cao Hùng

Portuguese

Proper noun

Kaohsiung f

Kaohsiung (a city in Taiwan)

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