Meanings
- datedDated form of Dali.
Last year when returning with my wife to Ta-li from Yün-nan-fu, an old man at one of our resting-places waited for an opportunity to speak to me alone.
1894, G. W. Clark, Kwiechow and Yün-nan Provinces, Shanghai Mercury Office, →OCLC, page 182 more examples
Viewing Yun-nan topographically from the large aspect, we may divide the province into three major regions: (1) Western Yun-nan including the great gorges west of Ta-li. The characteristic feature of this region is the parallel trends of rivers and mountain ranges. From altitudes of 16,000-19,000 feet in the north, the heights drop to 5000-5300 feet in the south;
1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China, Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 20–21The situation changed from day to day, but at the moment the rebels occupied the important western city of Ta-li, set by a large lake and not far, the explorers believed, from the upper course of the Mekong.
1975, Milton Osborne, River Road to China The Mekong River Expedition, 1866-73, New York: Liveright, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 130
Origin
- Mandarin大理
- EnglishTa-li
From Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-li³.
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