Takao

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Takao

/tæˈkaʊ/

Rhymes with -aʊ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Japanese 高(たか)雄(お) (Takao), from Min Nan 打狗 (Tá-káu).

proper noun

Synonym of Kaohsiung. Foreign observers who were at Keelung March 8 state that in mid-afternoon the streets of the city were cleared suddenly by machine gun fire directed at no particular objects or persons. After dark ships docked and discharged the troops for which the Governor apparently had been waiting. Fairly relia
Similar: Kaohsiung

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"Takao." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/takao. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{takao_2026,
  title = {Takao},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/takao},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}