Liu-kuei

English

Alternative forms

• Liukuei (also from Wade–Giles)

Etymology

From Mandarin 六龜 (Liùguī) Wade–Giles romanization: Liu⁴-kuei¹.

Proper noun

Liu-kuei

1. Alternative form of Liouguei
   • 1976 June, 林讚標 [Tsan-Piao Lin], 許建昌 [Chien-chang Hsu], “Orchid Genera, Anoectochilus and Odontochilus of Taiwan”, in Taiwania‎^[1], volume 20, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 234:

     This species occurs from Wulai southwards to Liu-kuei in Kaohsiung Co. at altitudes of about 700 m, and grows in dense rain forests, usually mixed with other herbs or shrubs.

   • 1994 May 15, Yûki Imura, “A Preliminary Revision of the Species-complex of Carabus (Apotomopterus) sauteri (Coleoptera, Carabidae)”, in Elytra, Tokyo‎^[2], volume 22, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7:

     The type locality, Mt. Nan-feng Shan near Liu-kuei, may be the southern limit of the distributional range of the species.

   • 2005, Paul R. Katz, When Valleys Turned Blood Red: The Ta-pa-ni Incident in Colonial Taiwan‎^[3], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76:

     We should also not overlook the involvement of some Mountain Aborigines from nearby He-piao-hu (in today's San-min Township, Kaohsiung County) and Liu-kuei-li (Lakuli; today's Liu-kuei Township, Kaohsiung County), who either fought alongside the rebels or attempted to launch their own uprisings in response to the Ta-pa-ni Incident (see chapters 5 and 6).

Translations

Liouguei — see Liouguei