pali

1. pluralplural of palus

1. A Middle Indo-Aryan language of north India, closely related to Sanskrit; the sacred language of Theravāda Buddhism.First known use 1690s
2. A district of Rajasthan, India.

1. alternativeAlternative form of Bali (in Taiwan).

   Two men walk at the explosion site of the water park in the Pali district in New Taipei City, Taiwan, on June 28.

   2015 June 29, “Taiwan water park explosion”, in CNN, number 2 of 7, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2015

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   For field release trials, two C. p. fatigans breeding places (hereafter referred to as sites “A” and “B”) were selected in Pali Township, Taipei County.

   1976, Pao-shu Chen, “A Study on Reesimermis Nielseni for Control of Culex Pipiens Fatigans in Taiwan”, in Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica, volume 15, number 1, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 22, column 2

   Forty minutes later, we found ourselves seated on boulders on the side of Kuan Yin Shan with a lovely view of the river and the town of Tamsui to the east and the farms and field of Pali to the north.

   Free China Weekly

   1981 October 25, Robert Benjamin Kritzer, “This young American finds basic Chinese values still intact in old & new Taiwan”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XXII, number 42, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2

   Earlier in the day, Chen volunteered his services at Loshan Sanatorium in Pali on the outskirts of Taipei to mark his third anniversary in office.

   Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)

   2003 May 20, “President Chen Volunteers His Services at Loshan Sanatorium in Pali in Taipei County”, in 中華民國總統府 [Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan)], archived from the original on 14 Oct 2022

   A massive die-off of fish has been discovered along the Pali coast in Taipei County, with a preliminary investigation ascribing the mortality to too much mud and silt in the waters due to recent heavy rains, the county's Environmental Protection Bureau official said Friday.

   2007 September 21, “Mass fish deaths along Pali coast in Taipei County”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 25 Sep 2022

   Exactly one year to the day a predawn fire destroyed the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s (雲門舞集) home in Pali, Taipei County, founder Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) stood in front of the Taipei Story House on Wednesday, a huge banner with dancer Chiu I-wen (邱怡文) leaping in the air hanging behind him.

   2009 February 13, Diane Baker, “A slice of Cloud Gate life”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Jul 2024, Features, page 14

plural Palis · alternative Pally

1. derogatoryethnicoffensiveslurA Palestinian person.

alternative Pally

1. derogatoryethnicnot comparableoffensiveslurPalestinian.

1. slanghobbiesThe Pacific Palisades coast.