民雄鄉 Minxiong Township, Chiayi County

Minxiong (民雄; lit. “people hero”) Township was formerly called 打貓 (Hoklo: ta-niau; lit. “hit cat”) Community, a transliteration of its Hoanya Plains Aboriginal name Taneaw.

In 1920 under Japanese reorganisation of local government, officials considered 打貓 (“hit the cat”) to be inelegant, therefore used the transliteration 民雄 (Japanese: tami-o).

Following retrocession, the ROC government retained the Japanese written form, with Mdn. pronunciation minxiong. (c.f. Takow/Kaohsiung; Banka/Wanhua &c. [not yet posted])










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