Gaoxiong
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Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of Kaohsiung (city) alt-of, alternative
"On March 5, all the government and military institutions in Gaoxiong were occupied, and over 700 Kuomintang troops were held captive. The people’s forces from Taizhong, Douliu, Dounan, and Zhushan converged on Huwei, and regrouped into a combined force to capture Huwei airport. All the Chiang troops there surrendered."
- 2 Alternative form of Kaohsiung (former county) alt-of, alternative, historical
"Now it was the task of Hong and his followers to convince others that the new center of Christianity, the new Mount Zion, now exists in Gaoxiong County in southern Taiwan."
Example
More examples"On March 5, all the government and military institutions in Gaoxiong were occupied, and over 700 Kuomintang troops were held captive. The people’s forces from Taizhong, Douliu, Dounan, and Zhushan converged on Huwei, and regrouped into a combined force to capture Huwei airport. All the Chiang troops there surrendered."
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin for 高雄 (Gāoxióng).
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