Liu-kuei

A form of Liouguei — A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

Meanings

proper noun

alternative also Liukuei

  1. alternativeAlternative form of Liouguei.

    The type locality, Mt. Nan-feng Shan near Liu-kuei, may be the southern limit of the distributional range of the species.

    1994 May 15, Yûki Imura, “A Preliminary Revision of the Species-complex of Carabus (Apotomopterus) sauteri (Coleoptera, Carabidae)”, in Elytra, Tokyo, volume 22, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7
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    This species occurs from Wulai southwards to Liu-kuei in Kaohsiung Co. at altitudes of about 700 m, and grows in dense rain forests, usually mixed with other herbs or shrubs.

    Chien-chang Hsu

    1976 June 28, 林讚標 [Tsan-Piao Lin], 許建昌 [Chien-chang Hsu], “Orchid Genera, Anoectochilus and Odontochilus of Taiwan”, in Taiwania, volume 20, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 234

    We should also not overlook the involvement of some Mountain Aborigines from nearby He-piao-hu (in today's San-min Township, Kaohsiung County) and Liu-kuei-li (Lakuli; today's Liu-kuei Township, Kaohsiung County), who either fought alongside the rebels or attempted to launch their own uprisings in response to the Ta-pa-ni Incident (see chapters 5 and 6).

    2005, Paul R. Katz, When Valleys Turned Blood Red: The Ta-pa-ni Incident in Colonial Taiwan, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 76

Origin

  1. Mandarin六龜
  2. EnglishLiu-kuei

From Mandarin 六龜 (Liùguī) Wade–Giles romanization: Liu⁴-kuei¹.

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