Taidong

See also: tāidòng

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 臺東／台東 (Táidōng).

Proper noun

Taidong

1. Alternative form of Taitung
   • 1999 December 3, Souren Melikian, “Will the Past Crush the Future?: OUT OF ASIA”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 January 2024‎^[2]:

     The large jade slotted rings such as those unearthed at Taidong in Taiwan date from the fifth or fourth millennium B.C.

   • 2016 July 8, Angela Fritz, “Watch Nepartak grow from thunderstorm to super typhoon in two minutes”, in The Washington Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 July 2016, Capital Weather Gang‎^[4]:

     Nepartak slammed into Taiwan on Friday night, local time, killing at least two people and injuring more than 60 others, according to the BBC. The typhoon’s winds ripped the roofs off buildings and tossed cars like toys. One witness said the streets of Taidong, Taiwan, looked “like a bomb has gone off.”