Gaosyong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 高雄 (Gaosyóng).
Senses: examples: text: Unlike Osaka and Nagoya in relation to Tokyo, Taiwan's number two and three cities, Kaohsiung (Gaosyong たかお 高雄) and Taichung (Taijhong たいちゅう 台中) bear little similarity to Taipei.
ref: 2006 August 28, Kaminoge, “Taipei - the Pyongyang of Taiwan 台湾のピョンヤン”, in A Curmudgeon Abroad (Blog), archived from the original on 04 Dec 2023:
text: In Kaohsiuang and Pingtung, there are the key position of military units and schools in Taiwan so six of them can reach CRS only Gaosyong (IRS) store belongs to IRS and has the worst operation performance (Te=0.565) in South area. In Gaosyong, there has R.O.C. Air Force Academy, Air Force Institute of Technology, and Gaosyong Air Force Base etc.
ref: 2006 December, Tsung-cheng (王宗誠) Wang, “Empirical Results and Analysis”, in 經營績效評估之綜合管理架構研究應用於國軍零售供應站 [A COMPREHENSIVE MANAGERIAL FRAMEWORK FOR OPERATING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: Application in Taiwan’s Military Welfare Department], National Chiao Tung University, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2023, page 39:
english: A COMPREHENSIVE MANAGERIAL FRAMEWORK FOR OPERATING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: Application in Taiwan’s Military Welfare Department
translation: A COMPREHENSIVE MANAGERIAL FRAMEWORK FOR OPERATING PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT: Application in Taiwan’s Military Welfare Department
text: In 2005, the Kaohsiung (Gaosyong) city government asked Chen Mingchang to write a song about the city.
ref: 2007, “繼續愛高雄”, in 卡打車:
text: In June, 1990 the DPP-controlled counties of Taipei, Yilan , Sinjhu , JhangHua, Gaosyong, and Pindong together with the Jiayi city government (which belonged to no party) held for the first time a research conference over “the issues of the native language education”.
ref: 2007, Chang-Neng (吳長能) Wu, “DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO THE TAIGI LITERATURE DEBATES”, in 台語文學論爭及其相關發展 1987～1996THE TAIGI LITERATURE DEBATES ANDRELATED DEVELOPMENTS (1987-1996), National Chengchi University, archived from the original on 18 Nov 2011, page 103:
text: The Water Goblins— named Gao Mei (Little Sister Gao) and Syong Ge (Big Brother Syong) after the host city Kaohsiung (GaoSyong)—are creatures that symbolize water and light and that personify the maritime capital as a city of the sea and the sun.
ref: 2010, Junwei Yu, “Cross-Strait Tug of War: Taiwan and the World Games”, in Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, volume 11, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2023, page 19:
text: At least 15 international flights were affected by the storms, including four from Hanoi to Tokyo and Osaka and vice versa, eight flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Gaosyong and vice versa, and three flights from Ho Chi Minh City to Tokyo and Ho Chi Minh City to Gaosyong and vice versa.
ref: 2012 June 20, “Nearly 60 flights canceled because of storms”, in Vietnam Investment Review, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2023:
text: Flights were increased on five routes, including from Busan, Cheongju, Gaosyong, Bangkok, and Chiang Mai, contributing to the increased number of foreign tourists visiting the city, in addition to creating favourable conditions for local people who wish to travel abroad.
ref: 2019 March 9, “Holiday period sees 157,000 travelers visit Da Nang”, in Voice of Vietnam, archived from the original on 06 Mar 2023, Travel:
glosses: Alternative form of Kaohsiung.