Douliou

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A form of Douliu — A city, the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan.

Scrabble 8

Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Douliu.

    Take the train to Douliou, and then catch the Taisi Bus that stops in Shihliou.

    2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 149
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    The Village actively supports 13 historic crafts, including the making of cotton comforters, noodles, rice vermicelli, paper, incense, and the molding of clay figures. It also preserves and presents for public education 36 very old structures, including a Hakka residence from Beipu, a farmhouse from Tianwei, an ancient family dwelling from Lugang, an enclosed-courtyard house from Changhua, a scholar’s residence from Penghu, and a “dragon building” from Douliou, as well as more than 3,000 ancient artifacts.

    1999, Michael J. Hatton, “Taiwan Folk Village”, in Community-Based Tourism in the Asia-Pacific, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 65, column 3

    Players from Taiwan celebrate after defeating South Africa 4-0 in their International Baseball Federation's (IBAF) final Olympic qualifying tournament game in Douliou March 13, 2008.

    2008 June 30, Ralph Jennings, “Taiwan baseball chief ready to take rap if team flops”, in John O’Brien, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2022, Olympics News

    Darb didn't live in Taichung. He lived in a town named Douliou, Taiwan. Douliou was three hours south of Taichung.[…] One night after soon arriving in Douliou, Darb came home and said that he wanted to have a few drinks. What a surprise.

    2011, RSH, “They Don't Speak English Here”, in Watch Out for Falling Lizards, →ISBN, →LCCN, page https://www.google.com/books/edition/Watch_Out_for_Falling_Lizards/TjhZEAAAQBAJ?gbpv=1&pg=PT6

    Over the next week we visited and toured about two dozen factories. Most were bad. Dark, dirty, with workers going through the motions, heads bowed, vacant looks in their eyes. Just outside Taichung, however, in the small town of Douliou, we found a factory that showed promise. It was called Feng Tay, and it was managed by a young man named C. H. Wong.

    2016, Phil Knight, “1976”, in Shoe Dog, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 286

    Honey tangerines produced in Yunlin County are displayed at a promotional event held by the Douliou City Office on Thursday. A honey tangerine festival is set to take place in the city Jan. 26-28.

    2018 January 4, “Honey tangerines”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 08 Oct 2022, Photos of the Day

Origin

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 斗六 (Dǒuliù), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Dǒuliòu.

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