t'ai-nan

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"At this time Meng-chia was approaching its heyday as Taiwan’s most important commercial center, leaving T’ai-nan and Lu-kang behind."
"A country that can no longer rely on cheap labor: Space-age lab in Hsin-chu, producing salt near T'ai-nan"
"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."
"Taiwan’s principal urban centers, in traditional order of importance, consisted of T’ai-nan (modern Tainan), Lu-kang, and Meng-chia."
"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."
"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."

From Mandarin 臺南 /台南 (Táinán) Wade–Giles romanization: Tʻai²-nan².