"T'ai-nan" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 臺南／台南 (Táinán) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-nan².",
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          "ref": "1974, Stephan Feuchtwang, “City Temples in Taipei Under Three Regimes”, in Mark Elvin, G. William Skinner, editors, The Chinese City Between Two Worlds, Stanford, Cali.: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 265:",
          "text": "At this time Meng-chia was approaching its heyday as Taiwan’s most important commercial center, leaving T’ai-nan and Lu-kang behind.",
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          "ref": "1986 October 20, “Taiwan: The Winds of Change”, in Newsweek, volume CVIII, number 16, page 40:",
          "text": "A country that can no longer rely on cheap labor: Space-age lab in Hsin-chu, producing salt near T'ai-nan",
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          "ref": "1998, “Introduction”, in No trace of the gardener : poems of Yang Mu, Yale University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page xiv:",
          "text": "Among his poems is “Zeelandia,” written in early 1975. The title refers to An-p’ing, a fortress in T’ai-nan, in southern Taiwan, where the Dutch landed more than three centuries ago.",
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          "ref": "1999, Robert Gardella, “From Treaty Ports to Provincial Status, 1860-1894”, in Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 178:",
          "text": "Taiwan’s principal urban centers, in traditional order of importance, consisted of T’ai-nan (modem Tainan), Lu-kang, and Meng-chia.",
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          "ref": "2000, Chien-chao Hung, “Taiwan under the Ch’ing”, in A History of Taiwan, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 153:",
          "text": "He chose Banka as the seat of his provincial government and named it T’ai-pei (Taipei) or the North of Taiwan. T’ai-wan fu was renamed T’ai-nan (Tainan) or the South of Taiwan.",
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          "ref": "2001, Robert Green, Taiwan, Lucent Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 88:",
          "text": "As a candidate in 1985 in his native T'ai-nan county, his wife was struck by a speeding motorist and was paralyzed from the waist down.",
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          "ref": "2003, “Hsü Shih-hsien”, in Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 233:",
          "text": "Hsü Shih-hsien [Xu Shixian], 1908–83, was born in T’ai-nan city, Taiwan. Her father, Hsü Huan-ch’ang [Xu Huanchang], was a “cultivated talent” (hsiu-ts’ai) of the former Ch’ing [Qing] dynasty; her mother's name was Ch’en Fu.",
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          "ref": "2010, Uncle John's Creature Feature Bathroom Reader For Kids Only (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader), Ashland, Oregon: Bathroom Readers' Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 356:",
          "text": "Frightened bus drivers in Taiwan have refused to drive to a remote village outside of T'ai-nan because of one ghostly girl. Drivers report stopping at a shadowy area near a sugarcane plantation. A young girl gets on the bus but never gets off. She simply vanishes before the bus gets to town.",
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          "ref": "2023 January 29, Raeesa Sayyad, “Interesting and Fun Facts about Bubble Tea”, in Time Bulletin, archived from the original on 2023-02-05:",
          "text": "In Taiwan, where it originated, bubble tea is a popular beverage that is now enjoyed worldwide. In the middle of the 1980s, the city of T'ai-nan, Taiwan, was the birthplace of bubble tea.",
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          "text": "Taiwan’s principal urban centers, in traditional order of importance, consisted of T’ai-nan (modem Tainan), Lu-kang, and Meng-chia.",
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          "text": "Hsü Shih-hsien [Xu Shixian], 1908–83, was born in T’ai-nan city, Taiwan. Her father, Hsü Huan-ch’ang [Xu Huanchang], was a “cultivated talent” (hsiu-ts’ai) of the former Ch’ing [Qing] dynasty; her mother's name was Ch’en Fu.",
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          "text": "Frightened bus drivers in Taiwan have refused to drive to a remote village outside of T'ai-nan because of one ghostly girl. Drivers report stopping at a shadowy area near a sugarcane plantation. A young girl gets on the bus but never gets off. She simply vanishes before the bus gets to town.",
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