Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Chiayi.
The southern town of Jiayi cemented its reputation as the baseball capital of Taiwan when several of its sons went on to star in baseball in Japan.
2006, Baseball without Borders, New York: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 672 more examples
About two-thirds of the island is composed of rugged uplands, and numerous peaks crest above 3,000 m. The island’s tallest mountain is Yushan (Jade Mountain). It rises 4,000 m and is located inland from Jiayi (Chia-i), almost astride the Tropic of Cancer.
1983, Clifton W. Pannell, Laurence J. C. Ma, China: The Geography of Development and Modernization, V. H. Winston & Sons, →ISBN, page 266Liao's father suddenly passed away the year after Retrocession. All alone, he left Jiayi for Taipei and lived on the family property, which was managed at that time by his second uncle.
2009, Guo Songfen, Running Mother and Other Stories, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 132
Origin
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 嘉義 (Jiāyì).
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