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Miao-li

Miao-li is the alternative form of Miaoli.

Meaning of Miaoli

Proper noun (1)

Miaoli

  1. A county in western Taiwan.
    • Wood-carving, one of Taiwan's leading folk arts, is concentrated on the small village of Sanyi in Miaoli county in north-central Taiwan, where the people have traditionally had the necessary skills and ample access to timber materials.[…]
    • Woodcarving is one of Taiwan's leading folk arts, and Sanyi village in Miaoli county is the center of production.1982 June 13, “Wood-carving art thrives in small town”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXII, number 23, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2
  2. A city and the administrative seat in Miaoli County, Taiwan.
    • In the middle of last month the Miaoli post office was the scene of a raid. Some thirty bandits broke into the place and attempted to rifle the safe.1899 November 11, “Formosa”, in The Japan Weekly Mail, volume XXXII, number 20, Yokohama, page 491

Proper noun (2)

Miaoli

  1. (historical) A town in Jinshui district, Zhengzhou, Henan, China.

Origin of Miao-li

From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 苗栗 (Miáolì), Wade-Giles romanization: Miao²-li⁴.

Questions about Miao-li

What is Miao-li the alternative form of?
Miao-li is the alternative form of Miaoli.

Words near Miao-li in the dictionary

  1. Mianos
  2. mianserin
  3. mianserine
  4. Mianyang
  5. Miao
  6. Miao-li
  7. Miao-Yao
  8. Miaojie
  9. Miaoli
  10. Miaolingian
  11. Miaotse

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Miao-li (page history and authors); Miaoli (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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