Miao-li

See also: Miaoli

English

Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 苗栗 (Miáolì), Wade-Giles romanization: Miao²-li⁴.

Proper noun

Miao-li

1. Alternative form of Miaoli
   • 1979, Johanna Menzel Meskill, A Chinese Pioneer Family‎^[1], Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, 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.

   • 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History‎^[2], M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, pages 144–145:

     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.

   • 2000 July 15, “Declaring the Good News in the Rice Fields of Taiwan”, in The Watchtower‎^[3], volume 121, number 14, page 8:

     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 — see Miaoli