T'ai-tung

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  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of Taitung. alt-of, alternative

    "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."

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"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."

Etymology

From Mandarin 臺東 /台東 (Táidōng) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-tung¹.

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