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Etymology
From Mandarin 尉犁 (Yùlí) Wade–Giles romanization: Yü⁴-li².
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Yü-li
- Alternative form of Yuli
, number 7, Stockholm: Bokförlags Aktiebolaget Thule, →OCLC, page 51:His program also included a survey of the new course of the lower Tarim river in Eastern Turkistan and its terminal lake Lop-nor. This part of the expedition started in April 1934, from Könche or Yü-li-hsien, a small village about 45 km. SSE of Korla, whence Dr. Hedin followed the river Könche-darya and its continuation Qum-darya, travelling in native canoes.]
1998, Angela Sheng, “Innovations in Textile Techniques on China's Northwest Frontier, 500—700 AD”, in Asia Major, volume 11, number 2, Academia Sinica, →JSTOR, page 121:Many silk and woolen finds dated to the period from the third century BC to the fifth century AD have come to light from the ancient sites of Lou-lan (also in Jo-chʻiang county) and Ying-pʻan (Yü-li county) along the middle route; and Ni-ya in Min-feng county, Shan-pʻu-la 山普拉 in Lo-pʻu 洛浦 county (near Khotan) along the southern route.
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