Taimali

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 太麻里 (Tàimálǐ).

Proper noun

Taimali

1. A rural township in Taitung County, Taiwan.
   • 1994, Roger Grigsby, Taiwan, Hong Kong, China's East Coast (China by Bike)‎^[1], The Mountaineers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 99:

     After leaving Chihpen, ride south through Taimali, passing fields of day-lily flowers. The bright orange flowers from this area are considered a superior ingredient for Taiwanese soups and sautés.

   • 2003 May 15, Donald G. McNeil Jr., “THE SARS EPIDEMIC: OUTBREAK; Thousands Are Quarantined at Taiwan's Top Hospital”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2015-05-27, WORLD‎^[3]:

     New suspected cases of the disease have also been found in the eastern city of Hualien and in an aboriginal tribe in remote Taimali, Agence France-Presse reported. […]
     In Taimali, a woman from one of the ethnic Malay tribes that dominated the island before mainland Chinese began arriving three centuries ago was ruled a SARS victim five days after her death.

   • 2007 May 28, Ralph Jennings, “Taiwan aboriginals seek the past to stay unified”, in Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 19 August 2022, Lifestyle‎^[5]:

     Migration to the cities for work or higher education has also reduced the number of tribe members still living on the land. Religious differences, brought on by exposure to Taiwanese and Western missionaries, have also led to differences and discord between the various tribes.
     But activists such as Sakinu -- who goes by just one name and runs a community center in Taimali -- warn that the island’s 13 recognized tribes, totaling about 400,000 of Taiwan’s 23 million population, could lose their land, rights and identities unless they cling to their roots and unify their ranks.

Translations

rural township

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 太麻里 (zh) (Tàimálǐ)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can