Daliao

D2A1L1I1A1O1
/ˌdɑ liˈɑʊ/

proper noun

A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Scrabble 7

Meanings

proper noun
  1. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

    A couple and their two children were found dead inside a car on a riverside in Kaohsiung's Daliao District early Friday in what is believed to be a murder-suicide.

    2020 December 4, Flor Wang, Hung Hsueh-kuang, “Family of four found dead in apparent murder-suicide in Kaohsiung”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 04 Dec 2020, Society
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    On 6 November, a fire broke out at the waste dump in the Tafa scrap metal special zone in Taliao Township, Kaohsiung County, which provoked fierce protests among the villagers.

    [1987 May 6 [1987 January], “Report on 1986 Human Rights Situation in Taiwan”, in China Report: Political, Sociological and Military Affairs, number 87-035, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from KUANHUAI TSACHI^([sic – meaning TSACHIH]) [CARE MAGAZINE], No 53, pp 4-12, translation of original in Chinese, →ISSN, →OCLC, TAIWAN, page 119

    Kao Ying Industrial and Commercial Vocational High School in Kaohsiung’s Daliao District (大寮) has unveiled plans to start a Vietnamese club in the hope that more children with parents from other nations would be able to speak another language.

    2016 May 13, Huang Chien-hua, Jake Chung, “Kaohsiung school to run Vietnamese club”, in Taipei Times, archived from the original on 13 May 2016, page 5

Origin

  1. Mandarin大寮
  2. EnglishDaliao

From the Mandarin 大寮 (Dàliáo).

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Translations

Chinese Cantonese 大寮
  • 大寮 (daai⁶ liu⁴)district
Chinese Mandarin 大寮
  • 大寮 (Dàliáo)district

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APA

Daliao. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Daliao

MLA

“Daliao.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Daliao. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Daliao,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Daliao.

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