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Liuying

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See also: liúyīng, liúyíng, and liúyǐng

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Etymology

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From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin 柳營 (Liu³-ying²).

Proper noun

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Liuying

  1. Alternative form of Liouying
    • 1956, General Report of the Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction[1], Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 115:
      The Teh Yuen Pei Reservoir project will rehabilitate a damaged reservoir, built in the Ching Dynasty, at Liuying, Tainan, a tributary of Chishui Creek.
    • 1972, Burton Pasternak, Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages[2], Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 89:
      Theoretically, all descendants of Lai Yüan are entitled to some share in the profits of this estate, which currently consists of 1.7 hectacres of land located in neighboring Liuying township.
    • 1981 December 13, “Scenery, relics in Tainan”, in Free China Weekly[3], volume XXII, number 49, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:
      The Tainan county government has also started to build a tourism network to include Hutoupei (Tigerhead Parapet) in Hsinhua and Chienshan-pei (Point-mountain Parapet) in Liuying.
    • 2021 November 20, Stephanie Chiang, “South Taiwan early-morning freeway accident injures 7”, in Taiwan News[4], archived from the original on 20 November 2021[5]:
      Additionally, a 20-year-old man fractured his upper-right arm, suffered lacerations on his forehead, and reported pain in his buttocks; a 21-year-old man had a swollen left cheek and pain in his right ankle. The two were sent to the Chi Mei Hospital in Liuying, Tainan, CNA reported.

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