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Miao-li
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Miaoli
English
Etymology
From the en cmn-wadegiles - romanization of en cmn 苗栗 Miáolì, Wade-Giles romanization: Miao²-li⁴.
Proper noun
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en Miaoli.
en 1979 Johanna Menzel Meskill A Chinese Pioneer Family https://archive.org/details/chinesepioneerfa0000mesk/ Princeton, NJ w:Princeton University Press 9780691031248 899004067 4749470M 191 https://archive.org/details/chinesepioneerfa0000mesk/page/191/ Other jobs which the governor entrusted to Ch'ao-tung dealt with the economic exploitation of the newly won mountain areas. In the Miao-li region, Ch'ao-tung headed an office for developing the petroleum resources discovered there.³⁸ Without much success during his tenure, the venture was later turned over to private entrepreneurs.
en https://archive.org/details/taiwannewhistory0000unse/ 1999 Taiwan: A New History Murray A. Rubinstein w:M.E. Sharpe 1-56324-816-6 1120289635 8643066M 144–145 https://archive.org/details/taiwannewhistory0000unse/page/144/ Chuang Ying-chang and Ch’en Lien-tung have studied the history and development of the various clans in the Miao-li area of northern Taiwan during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
en July 15, 2000 Declaring the Good News in the Rice Fields of Taiwan https://archive.org/details/watchtower200000noil/page/n420/ w:The Watchtower 121 14 8 https://archive.org/details/watchtower200000noil/page/n427/ Over the years Jehovah's Witnesses in Taiwan have worked hard to plant and harvest seeds of Scriptural truth in some areas that did not seem to be productive. One example is Miao-li County....Two adjoining cities in Miao-li County were among the territories selected for the campaign.
Translations
Miaoli