Ta-li

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English

Map including TA-LI (T'AI-HO) (AMS, 1955)

Etymology

From Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-li³.[1]

Proper noun

Ta-li

  1. Dated form of Dali.
    • 1894, G. W. Clark, Kwiechow and Yün-nan Provinces, Shanghai Mercury Office, →OCLC, page 18:
      Last year when returning with my wife to Ta-li from Yün-nan-fu, an old man at one of our resting-places waited for an opportunity to speak to me alone.
    • 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 20–21:
      Viewing Yun-nan topographically from the large aspect, we may divide the province into three major regions: (1) Western Yun-nan including the great gorges west of Ta-li. The characteristic feature of this region is the parallel trends of rivers and mountain ranges. From altitudes of 16,000-19,000 feet in the north, the heights drop to 5000-5300 feet in the south;
    • 1975, Milton Osborne, River Road to China The Mekong River Expedition, 1866-73, New York: Liveright, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 130:
      The situation changed from day to day, but at the moment the rebels occupied the important western city of Ta-li, set by a large lake and not far, the explorers believed, from the upper course of the Mekong.

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References

  1. ^ Dali, Wade-Giles romanization Ta-li, in Encyclopædia Britannica

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