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Alishan
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English
Etymology
From en cmn 阿里山.
Pronunciation
äʹlēʹshänʹcf. en 1952 Ali Shan Leon E. Seltzer The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/ Morningside Heights, NY Columbia University Press 802473294 45 https://archive.org/details/columbialippinco00selt/page/45/ 3 Jap. [Japanese] Ari SanAlso called Tuikao Shan.
en A li shan
Proper noun
Mount Ali, a famous mountain in Taiwan.
en 1964 June Abstracts Bibliography on Snow, Ice and Permafrost, with abstracts with Abstracts XVIII https://archive.org/details/bibliographyonsn0018unse/ Hanover, New Hampshire w:U.S. Army Materiel Command 0149-3809 1196484 83 https://archive.org/details/bibliographyonsn0018unse/page/83/ 2 Based on evidence of tree-ring patterns in the Japanese cypress tree of Mt. Alishan, Formosa, and from other sources, it is concluded that secular jet-streams are responsible for the climatic variations which influence world wide behavior of glaciers.
en 02/21/2017 Klaus Bardenhagen (tko) Taiwan reduces reliance on mainland Chinese tourists w:Deutsche Welle https://web.archive.org/web/20170222065453/https://www.dw.com/en/taiwan-reduces-reliance-on-mainland-chinese-tourists/a-37645694 22 February 2017 https://www.dw.com/en/taiwan-reduces-reliance-on-mainland-chinese-tourists/a-37645694 Asia https://archive.ph/HVmVC In contrast, the convoys of tour buses filled with mainland Chinese tourists have caused many Taiwanese to cringe. Some destinations, like Mount Alishan or the Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan, are often extremely overcrowded and the media often reports about the rude behavior of Chinese tourists.
Alishan National Scenic Area, a mountain resort in Chiayi County, Taiwan.
Translations
mountain
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 阿里山
Mandarin: cmn 阿里山
Japanese: ja 阿里山
Tsou: tsu psoseongana
References
Further reading
en 2008 Ali Shan Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 84 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/84/ 2
Anagrams
en aahilns Alshain Ah Lians Sinhala
en Mountains Taiwan Places in Taiwan
en 3-syllable words