The story
From Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 臺東／台東 (Táidōng, literally “eastern Taiwan”) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-tung¹, from Taitung Prefecture (臺東直隸州), created ca. 1887.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Taitung
Today it means: A county in eastern Taiwan. Full definition →