Chia-yi
See also: Chiayi
English
Etymology
From Mandarin 嘉義 (Jiāyì) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-yi⁴.
Proper noun
Chia-yi
- Alternative form of Chiayi
- 1965, George H. Kerr, Formosa Betrayed, LCCN 65-20221, OCLC 242620, page 132:
- The fate of the Tropical Chemical Industry Company near Chia-yi was an example.[...]In a similar fashion the industrial alcohol plant near Chia-yi (the largest of its kind in the Orient) was allowed to fall into complete disrepair and go out of production.
- 1979, Johanna Menzel Meskill, A Chinese Pioneer Family, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →ISBN, OCLC 899004067, page 65:
- While Chu-lo was recaptured in the spring (during its subsequent siege, Ch’ien-lung bestowed the name Chia-yi, Commendable Loyalty, on the city), most of Chang-hua district remained in rebel hands.[...]They lifted the siege of Chia-yi and then moved against Lin Shuang-wen.
- 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, page 143:
- In 1782, Chia-yi and Chang-hua prefectures experienced large-scale social disorders between people of Chang-chou and Ch’uan-chou backgrounds.
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Translations
Chiayi — see Chiayi