高雄

Etymology
with the creation of Takao Prefecture in 1920, from (Takau), from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Kaohsiung special municipality located in southwestern Taiwan
 * 2)   Kaohsiung City former provincial city, now part of the special municipality
 * 3)   Kaohsiung County former county, now part of the special municipality
 * 4)  Mount Takao in Kyoto

Etymology 1
From earlier, in which 尾 is short for , thus literally “high mountain ridge”.

Proper noun

 * 1) name of a town in, Japan

Etymology 2
From, from. The kanji were borrowed from unrelated etymology 1.