In the Rukai language, Taromak means "the place where brave men live." More than 300 years ago, the Dutch-Taiwan's first foreign rulers-acting through the Dutch East India Company, sent a small troop of soldiers to explore eastern Taiwan.
在魯凱語中，「達魯瑪克」意指「勇士居住之地」，三百多年前，荷蘭──第一個實質統轄台灣島的「外來政權」──所轄的東印度公司，派出了一支人數極少的軍隊探訪東台灣。