Lieyu
English
Alternative forms
- (from Wade–Giles) Lieh-yü, Liehyu
Etymology
From pinyin romanization of Mandarin 烈嶼 (Lièyǔ).
Proper noun
Lieyu
- A rural township in Kinmen, Taiwan.
- 2022 March 9, Blanchard, Ben; Yew Lun Tian, “Taiwan says China is too busy with party congress to raise tensions now”, in Clarence Fernandez, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 09 March 2022, World:
- The flag of Taiwan is seen painted on Shihyu Islet in front of Xiamen, a coastal city in China, in Lieyu Township, Kinmen, Taiwan, October 19, 2021.
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- An island in Lieyu, Kinmen, Taiwan.
- [1937 November 10 [November 1, 1937], “JAPANESE WARSHIPS OFF AMOY”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume CCV, number 3666, Shanghai, OCLC 311405954, page 211, column 1:
- Japanese blue jackets, who occuipied the Liehyu Islet "to the west. of the Quemoy Island on October 28, have been withdrawn, but those who landed on the Quemoy Island, numbering more than 1,000, and all belonging to Manchoukuo and Formosan armies, are still there.]
- [1998, Storey, Robert, “Islands of the Taiwan Straits”, in Taiwan (Lonely Planet), 4th edition, →ISBN, OCLC 970524541, OL 8314799M, page 317, column 2:
- Liehyu Island is another one of those 'Koxinga Slept Here' attractions. Koxinga's Well (guó xìng jǐng) is where the great warrior took a drink, and has since become a favourite pilgrimage spot for Taiwanese tour groups.]
- 2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, OCLC 54962554, page 206:
- From the pier at Sijhai (Xizhai) Village on Lieyu, you pass through Victory Gate—celebrating Nationalist troop heroics against the mainland Communists—and throuh to the Bada Memorial, which honors local soldiers who died in 1933 fighting in the Sino-Japanese War.
- 2022 July 29, “Watchdog urges reinvestigation of 1987 killing of Vietnamese refugees”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 29 July 2022:
- According to the report, a total of 20 Vietnamese refugees were shot dead by Taiwanese soldiers from the Army's 158th Division that was responsible for the defense of Kinmen at that time, either immediately after coming ashore on the county's Lieyu Island or later on a boat stranded off the island.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Lieyu.
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Synonyms
- (island) Little Quemoy
- Lieh Hsü
Translations
rural township in Kinmen (Quemoy), Taiwan (ROC) named for its main island
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