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…

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There are enough places named 龜頭 that looks nothing like anything that makes me wonder if it’s a common Austronesian location name.

Maybe 頭 is Tau, Austronesian for people, and Ku is some kind of prefix.

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