Ta-li

Appendix:Variations of "tali" English thumb|Map including TA-LI (T'AI-HO) (Army Map Service AMS, 1955) Etymology From en cmn ^大理 en cmn-wadegiles - romanization: Ta⁴-li³.Dali, Wade-Giles romanization Ta-li, in Encyclopædia Britannica Proper noun 1 1 en Dali. en 1894 G. W. Clark Kwiechow and Yün-nan Provinces https://archive.org/details/kwiechowyunnanpr00clariala/ Shanghai Mercury Office 19001448 18 https://archive.org/details/kwiechowyunnanpr00clariala/page/18/ Last year when returning with my wife to Ta-li from Yün-nan-fu, an old man at one of our resting-places waited for an opportunity to speak to me alone. en 1954 Herold J. Wiens Han Chinese Expansion in South China https://archive.org/details/hanchineseexpans0000wien/ Shoe String Press 1967 67-16409 473651484 20–21 https://archive.org/details/hanchineseexpans0000wien/page/20/ Viewing Yun-nan topographically from the large aspect, we may divide the province into three major regions: (1) Western Yun-nan including the great gorges west of Ta-li. The characteristic feature of this region is the parallel trends of rivers and mountain ranges. From altitudes of 16,000-19,000 feet in the north, the heights drop to 5000-5300 feet in the south; en 1975 w:Milton Osborne River Road to China The Mekong River Expedition, 1866-73 https://archive.org/details/riverroadtochina00milt/ New York w:Liveright 0-87140-578-4 75-6814 831578286 130 https://archive.org/details/riverroadtochina00milt/page/130 The situation changed from day to day, but at the moment the rebels occupied the important western city of Ta-li, set by a large lake and not far, the explorers believed, from the upper course of the Mekong. Translations Dali References Further reading en 1952 Tali Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 1868 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/1868/ 2 Anagrams en ailt ATLI Ital Ital. LIAT LITA Lita TILA Tail Tila alit alti ital ital. lait tail