Alian

See also: alian, alían, and Ālián

English

Alternative forms

• Alien (Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 阿蓮／阿莲 (Ālián).

Pronunciation

• enPR: äʹlyěnʹ

Proper noun

Alian

1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
   • 1999, Charles Brewer Jones, “The Early Japanese Period”, in Buddhism in Taiwan: Religion and the State, 1660-1990‎^[1], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 54:

     Of the Four Great Ancestral Daochang, the Chaofeng Temple is the only one in the southern half of Taiwan; it sits on the slopes of Dagang Mountain in the Alian Rural District of Kaohsiung County.

   • 2012 July 22, I-chia Lee, “Eco-groups demand farm is protected from industry”, in Taipei Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 01 September 2019, Taiwan News, page 3‎^[3]:

     A community development association in Greater Kaohsiung’s Alian District (阿蓮) and environmental protection groups yesterday called for the protection of farmland owned by Taiwan Sugar Corp (Taisugar) and demanded that it not be developed into a metal-processing facility.

   • 2018 June 20, “高雄地區強降雨 市區馬路變水路! [Heavy Rain in Kaohsiung Leads to City-wide Flooding]”, in Public Television Service‎^[4], archived from the original on 19 October 2022‎^[5]:

     According to the Central Weather Bureau, Luzhu District received over 50 millimeters of rain on the morning of the 20th while Cianjhen, Siaogang, Cijin and Alian received over 30 millimeters.

   • 2019, Chiung-Wei Huang, Zhi-Yuan Su, “Common Chronic Illnesses of the Elderly: An Analysis of a Retired Doctor's Perspectives”, in 2019 IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability (ECBIOS)‎^[6], →DOI, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 October 2022‎^[7]:

     This study examined the types of illnesses and health issues of the residents living in the countryside of Alian District, Kaohsiung City. The research methods of the study included structured interviews and coding. The interviewee was a retired doctor who had served at a clinic in the countryside of Alian District.

   • 2022 April 28, Keoni Everington, “Photos of 5 repeat DUI offenders posted in Kaohsiung, Taiwan”, in Taiwan News‎^[8], archived from the original on 07 May 2022, Society‎^[9]:

     They were caught drunk driving for the second time from April 4-10 in Kaohsiung's Dashu District, Alian District, and Nanzih District, with three found to be driving without a license.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Alian.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿蓮／阿莲 (zh) (Ālián)

See also

• Ah Lian