Kaohsiung

[ gou-shyoong ]

noun

, Wade-Giles.

1. a seaport on southwestern Taiwan.

Kaohsiung

/ ˈkaʊˈʃjʊŋ /

noun

1. a port in SW Taiwan, on the South China Sea: the chief port of the island. Pop: 1 506 000 (2005 est) Japanese nameTakao

Example Sentences

Now the group has a semester-long course at a community college in Kaohsiung, in addition to their lectures all across Taiwan, from fishing villages to community centers.

From Seattle Times

With the island’s major ports at Taipei and Kaohsiung facing the Taiwan Straits, any American warships trying to break that embargo would face a lethal swarm of nuclear submarines, jet aircraft and ship-killing missiles.

From Salon

He lost to Tsai 57% to 38%, shortly after which he lost his job as mayor of the major southern port city of Kaohsiung in a recall election.

From Seattle Times

Shi Ming-teh was born on Jan. 15, 1941 in Kaohsiung, a port city in southern Taiwan.

From New York Times

Mr. Shih recalled watching Nationalist troops gun down students at Kaohsiung’s train station.

From New York Times