Origin of Taiwanese place names

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@zaowangyeh

Can you please further explain on the quote below, since I am not familiar with such slang terms?

Despite plenty of places around Taiwan are named after 龜頭, see this post:

Taihoku US Consulate Glossary for Taigi Location Names

There’s like a dozen places with that name in Taiwan… I guess people loved naming places that back in the days. Some places are so named because the entire region is shaped like a turtle, and there’s no other way to name the place shaped like the turtle’s head. Other places such as this one… is name because… well… https://goo.gl/maps/sf1TQtCLn92fbKRq6 [image] There are enough places named 龜頭 that looks nothing like anything that makes me wonder if it’s a common Austronesian location name…

Most Taiwanese today only associate 龜頭 with glans.