Maolin
See also: màolín
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- (from Wade-Giles) Mao-lin
Etymology edit
From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 茂林 (Màolín).
Proper noun edit
Maolin
- A mountain indigenous district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
- 2007, Stephen Keeling, Brice Minnigh, The Rough Guide to Taiwan (Rough Guides)[2], Penguin, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 356:
- Meinong's small bus station is in the centre of town at the junction of Jhongshan and Jhongjheng roads, with buses to Kaohsiung (daily 5.35am-8.45pm every 30min; NT$131) and seven daily services to Liouguei in the Maolin National Scenic Area.
- 2021 August 8, Yu-huang Weng, Tsai Ching-hua, William Hetherington, “Storm hits Taiwan with flooding and landslides”, in Taipei Times[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 August 2021, Front Page, page 1[4]:
- The second-highest precipitation was recorded in Pingtung’s Majia Township (瑪家) with 648mm, followed by Kaohsiung’s Maolin District (茂林) with 542mm, the bureau said, adding that all three locations received more than 1m of rainfall over the past three days.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Maolin.
- A town in Jing County, Xuancheng, Anhui, China.
- An urban village in Shimen district, New Taipei, Taiwan.
Translations edit
urban village in northern Taiwan