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- alternativeAlternative form of Chiayi.
Two Taiwanese churches have their own small seminaries. The Missouri-Synod-related CELC has a seminary and middle school in Chiai, Taiwan, and the LTC has a seminary in Shin-Chiu.
1987 May 14, “United Lutheran Seminary in Taiwan Explored at Consultation”, in Lutheran World Information, number 18/87, Lutheran World Federation, sourced from TAIPEI, Taiwan [ROC], →OCLC, page 31 more example
The duration from egg to adult in the summer generation of Chilo and Tryporyza does not differ markedly from areas with different climates, and the larvae grown in winter undergo hibernation. The larvae hibernate even in subtropical areas such as Chiai in Formosa (T’ao and T’ang, 1960).
1967 [1964 September], Keizi Kiritani, Syun'iti Iwao, “The Biology and Life Cycle of Chilo Suppressalis (Walker) and Tryporyza (Schoenobius) Incertulas (Walker) in Temperate-Climate Areas”, in The Major Insect Pests of the Rice Plant, Baltimore, Maryland: The Johns Hopkins Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 46, column 2
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