Caoli

C3A1O1L1I1

proper noun

An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

proper noun

alternative Ts’ao-li

  1. An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei City, Taiwan.

    Originally named Alilao, Caoli Fishing Port is located next to Danjin Road in Caoli Neighborhood of Shimen District in New Taipei City, which is quite close to the Jinshan Nuclear Power Plant (No. 1).

    2017 November 13, “CAOLI FISHING PORT”, in Fisheries and Fishing Port Affairs Management Office, New Taipei City Government, archived from the original on 19 Jun 2022
    2 more examples

    The district itself is divided into nine villages: Shanxi (山溪里), Shimen (石門里), Laomei (老梅里), Jianlu (尖鹿里), Maolin (茂林里), Caoli (草里里), Qianhua (乾華里), Fuji (富基里), and Demao (德茂里).

    乾華國小

    (Can we date this quote?), “About Shimen District”, in Qian Hua Elementary School [乾華國小], archived from the original on 16 Oct 2020

    The incident occurred when the Chun Ji No. 8 fishing boat lost power and had another fishing boat tow it back to Caoli Fishing Harbor in New Taipei's Shimen District. As they approached the harbor, the Chun Ji No. 8 suddenly capsized.

    2022 January 29, Luke Sabatier, “Captain missing, 4 migrant workers injured as fishing boat capsizes”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 29 Jan 2022

Origin

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 草里 (Cǎolǐ).

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Cantonese 草里
  • 草里urban village in northern Taiwan
Chinese Mandarin 草里
  • 草里 (Cǎolǐ)urban village in northern Taiwan

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Cite this entry
APA

Caoli. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caoli

MLA

“Caoli.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caoli. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Caoli,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Caoli.

Source: Caoli on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.