# Taihoku US Consulate Glossary for Taigi Location Names **URL:** \ **Category:** Taiwanese and Hakka Corner\ **Created:** [June 5, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taihoku-us-consulate-glossary-for-taigi-location-names/192828 "2020-06-05T07:41:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![hansioux](https://forumosa-12829.kxcdn.com/user_avatar/tw.forumosa.com/hansioux/32/253648_2.png) [@hansioux](https://tw.forumosa.com/u/hansioux)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2020, 8:23am UTC](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taihoku-us-consulate-glossary-for-taigi-location-names/192828/5 "2020-06-05T08:23:30Z")
> [@Dr\_Milker](#): > > Whoa, that’s pretty obscene. 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. https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=24.8376738,121.9536672&z=15&output=embed&dg=ntvb&q=261%E5%AE%9C%E8%98%AD%E7%B8%A3%E9%A0%AD%E5%9F%8E%E9%8E%AE%E9%BE%9C%E9%A0%AD Other places such as this one… is name because… well… https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=25.2125804,121.6792578&z=14&output=embed&dg=ntvb&q=%E9%BE%9C%E9%A0%AD%E5%B1%B1 ![image](https://forumosauploads-12829.kxcdn.com/original/3X/8/d/8dd5580083b67ce1df3a84ac11e7adfca0f40c6e.png) 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. https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=23.4328,120.4829722&z=15&output=embed&dg=ntvb&q=608%E5%98%89%E7%BE%A9%E7%B8%A3%E6%B0%B4%E4%B8%8A%E9%84%89%E9%BE%9C%E9%A0%AD https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=23.75574,120.5874242&z=15&output=embed&dg=ntvb&q=643%E9%9B%B2%E6%9E%97%E7%B8%A3%E6%9E%97%E5%85%A7%E9%84%89%E7%81%A3%E9%BE%9C%E9%A0%AD https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.0551383,120.6907632&z=15&output=embed&dg=ntvb&q=944%E5%B1%8F%E6%9D%B1%E7%B8%A3%E8%BB%8A%E5%9F%8E%E9%84%89%E9%BE%9C%E5%B1%B1%E9%A0%AD --- _[View the full topic](https://tw.forumosa.com/t/taihoku-us-consulate-glossary-for-taigi-location-names/192828)._