Douliu
Syllables: Dou·liu
Douliu proper noun: a city, the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan.
Proper noun
Douliu
- A city, the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan.
- On March 5, all the government and military institutions in Gaoxiong were occupied, and over 700 Kuomintang troops were held captive. The people’s forces from Taizhong, Douliu, Dounan, and Zhushan converged on Huwei, and regrouped into a combined force to capture Huwei airport. All the Chiang...1979 April, “The Turning Point in the Civil War”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 4, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 41, column 2
- In Chapter 2, I briefly mentioned a woman I interviewed who paid her Daoist master NT$20,000 for a three-day ceremony. She attended all three days of this ceremony at an apartment temple in the city of Douliu, about 70 kilometers south of Taizhong.1999, Marc L. Moskowitz, Fetus-Spirits: New Ghosts in Modern Taiwan, →OCLC, page 98
- Synonyms:
- Tau-lak
Examples of Douliu in a sentence
- The people’s forces from Taizhong, Douliu, Dounan, and Zhushan converged on Huwei, and regrouped into a combined force to capture Huwei airport.1979 April, “The Turning Point in the Civil War”, in Eastern Horizon, volume XVIII, number 4, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN...
- Supporters of Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Chairperson and presidential candidate Tsai Ing-wen wave flags during a campaign rally in Douliu, Taiwan, January 11, 2016.2016 January 12, “In Taiwan's south, calls for independence from China entrenched as poll looms”, in Reuters, archived from the original on...
- A restaurant in Douliu City, Yunlin County debuted its "Godzilla" ramen featuring crocodile meat as its main ingredient.2023 June 26, Lyla Liu, “Taiwan restaurant launches 'Godzilla' crocodile ramen”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2023...
Synonyms of Douliu
Forms of Douliu
| alternative form | Touliu |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Douliou |
Origin of Douliu
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 斗六 (Dǒuliù).
Questions about Douliu
- What does Douliu mean?
- Douliu means a city, the county seat of Yunlin County, Taiwan.
- How do you use Douliu in a sentence?
- The people’s forces from Taizhong, Douliu, Dounan, and Zhushan converged on Huwei, and regrouped into a combined force to capture Huwei airport.
- What part of speech is Douliu?
- Douliu is a proper noun.
Words near Douliu in the dictionary
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