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Douliu
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dòuliú Dǒuliù
English
Douliou City, Yunlin County
Alternative forms
en Touliu Wade-Giles
en Douliou Tongyong Pinyin
Etymology
From the en cmn-pinyin -en 1998 Blunden Caroline w:Mark Elvin Gazetteer Graham Speake Cultural Atlas of China https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/ Revised Facts on File Checkmark Books 0-8160-3814-7 98-34322 43168341 9770589M 232 https://archive.org/details/culturalatlasofc00blun_0/page/232/ 1, 5 Names in italics represent the Wade-Giles equivalent of the preceding Pinyin transcription.Douliu/Tou-liu/Yunlin (Taiwan) 23°42′N 120°32′E, romanization of the en cmn 斗六.
Pronunciation
dō′lyō′Towliu or Tou-liu 1936 3 Towliu or Tou-liu (both: dō′lyō′), Jap. [Japanese] Toroku (tōrō′ko͞o),
en Dou liu
Proper noun
en city/county seat co/Yunlin County c/Taiwan.
en 1979 April The Turning Point in the Civil War Eastern Horizon https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1979-04_18_4/ XVIII 4 Hong Kong Eastern Horizon Press 0012-8813 751117974 41 https://archive.org/details/sim_eastern-horizon_1979-04_18_4/page/41/ 2 On March 5, all the government and military institutions in Gaoxiong were occupied, and over 700 Kuomintang troops were held captive. The people’s forces from Taizhong, Douliu, Dounan, and Zhushan converged on Huwei, and regrouped into a combined force to capture Huwei airport. All the Chiang troops there surrendered.
en 1999 Marc L. Moskowitz Fetus-Spirits: New Ghosts in Modern Taiwan https://books.google.com/books?id=K5OnqYi_RMYC 41900896 98 In Chapter 2, I briefly mentioned a woman I interviewed who paid her Daoist master NT$20,000 for a three-day ceremony. She attended all three days of this ceremony at an apartment temple in the city of Douliu, about 70 kilometers south of Taizhong.
en JANUARY 12, 2016 In Taiwan's south, calls for independence from China entrenched as poll looms https://web.archive.org/web/20221008143647/https://www.reuters.com/news/picture/in-taiwans-south-calls-for-independence-idUSKCN0UQ2HC20160112 08 October 2022 w:Reuters 8 / 16 Supporters of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen wave flags during a campaign rally in Douliu, Taiwan, January 11, 2016.
en 2023/06/26 Lyla Liu Taiwan restaurant launches 'Godzilla' crocodile ramen https://web.archive.org/web/20230626092433/https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4928732 26 June 2023 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4928732 w:Taiwan News Travel & Cuisine A restaurant in Douliu City, Yunlin County debuted its "Godzilla" ramen featuring crocodile meat as its main ingredient.
en
Synonyms
from Hokkien en Tau-lak
Translations
city
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 斗六
Mandarin: cmn 斗六 Dǒuliù
Japanese: ja
References
en 2-syllable words