Wanli

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Etymology 1

From Mandarin 萬曆/万历 (Wànlì).

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Wanli

  1. Wanli Emperor (14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty)
  2. era name for the period that this emperor ruled (1573—1620)
    • 1999 June 19, Souren Melikian, “A New Dynasty Buys Into Chinese Art”, in The New York Times‎, sourced from International Herald Tribune, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on September 28, 2024, Style‎:
      Early cloisonné enamels marked by foreign influence (the strong palette is purely Iranian) do not usually appeal to traditional Chinese collectors. But one piece, a rectangular incense receptacle, found grace in their eyes thanks to its Wanli reign mark and two very imperial dragons. A Taiwan buyer got it for a hefty pounds 52,100.
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Etymology 2

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From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 萬里 (Wànlǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Wan⁴-li³.

Proper noun

Wanli

  1. A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
    • 1955, Annual Report‎, Ministry of Economic Affairs Mineral Survey Team, →OCLC, page 49:
      The Wanli township is situated along the seashore eight Kilometers west of Keelung Harbor.
    • 1964 October 11, “25 Trapped in Taiwan Mine”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-07-08, page 76‎:
      TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 10 (AP) — Twenty‐five persons were buried yesterday by a landslide that engulfed a sulphur mine at Wanli, near here, the police reported today.
    • 1969, Florence Drumwright, Taiwan, Eden in Asia‎, Caves Book Company, →OCLC, page 61, column 2:
      Keelung or Chilung five miles southeast of Wanli or 15 miles northeast of Taipei. The largest seaport on Taiwan with a harbor accommodating ocean vessels up to 20,000 tons has the distinction of being the wettest port in the world […]
    • 2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan‎, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 50‎:
      Yeliou is located at the coast in Wanli Township of Taipei County, on Provincial Hwy. 2.
    • 2008, Scott B. Freiberger, Taipei in a Day‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 54:
      By car head north on North Second Highway (北二高速公路 Beiergao) in the direction of Keelung and continue in the direction of Wanli (萬里), the resort is on the right.
    • 2021 July 28, Angelica Oung, “Nuclear reactor shut due to malfunction: Taipower”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on July 27, 2021, Business, page 12:
      The No. 2 reactor at the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里) experienced a malfunction that triggered an automatic shutdown early yesterday morning, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wanli.
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