Etymology

Chia-yi

Mandarin 嘉義
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  1. Mandarin · borrowed from嘉義
  2. English todayChia-yi

From Mandarin 嘉義 (Jiāyì) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-yi⁴.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.