Alishan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 阿里山 (Ālǐshān).

Proper noun

Alishan

1. Mount Ali, a famous mountain in Taiwan.
   • 1964 June, “Abstracts”, in Bibliography on Snow, Ice and Permafrost, with abstracts with Abstracts, volume XVIII, Hanover, New Hampshire: U.S. Army Materiel Command, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 83, column 2:

     Based on evidence of tree-ring patterns in the Japanese cypress tree of Mt. Alishan, Formosa, and from other sources, it is concluded that secular jet-streams are responsible for the climatic variations which influence world wide behavior of glaciers.

   • 2017 February 21, Klaus Bardenhagen (tko), “Taiwan reduces reliance on mainland Chinese tourists”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 February 2017, Asia‎^[2]:

     In contrast, the convoys of tour buses filled with mainland Chinese tourists have caused many Taiwanese to cringe. Some destinations, like Mount Alishan or the Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan, are often extremely overcrowded and the media often reports about the rude behavior of Chinese tourists.

2. Alishan National Scenic Area, a mountain resort in Chiayi County, Taiwan.

Translations

mountain

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 阿里山 (aa³ lei⁵ saan¹)

  Mandarin: 阿里山 (zh) (Ālǐshān)

• Japanese: 阿里山

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Ali Shan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 84, column 2

Anagrams

• Alshain, Ah Lians, Sinhala