Ta-li

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tali"

English

Map including TA-LI (T'AI-HO) (AMS, 1955)

Etymology

From Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ) Wade–Giles romanization: Ta⁴-li³.

Proper noun

Ta-li

1. Dated form of Dali.
   • 1894, G. W. Clark, Kwiechow and Yün-nan Provinces‎^[1], Shanghai Mercury Office, →OCLC, page 18:

     Last year when returning with my wife to Ta-li from Yün-nan-fu, an old man at one of our resting-places waited for an opportunity to speak to me alone.

   • 1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China‎^[2], Shoe String Press, published 1967, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 20–21:

     Viewing Yun-nan topographically from the large aspect, we may divide the province into three major regions: (1) Western Yun-nan including the great gorges west of Ta-li. The characteristic feature of this region is the parallel trends of rivers and mountain ranges. From altitudes of 16,000-19,000 feet in the north, the heights drop to 5000-5300 feet in the south;

   • 1975, Milton Osborne, River Road to China The Mekong River Expedition, 1866-73‎^[3], New York: Liveright, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 130:

     The situation changed from day to day, but at the moment the rebels occupied the important western city of Ta-li, set by a large lake and not far, the explorers believed, from the upper course of the Mekong.

Translations

Dali — see Dali

Further reading

• Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tali”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1868, column 2

Anagrams

• ATLI, Ital, Ital., LIAT, LITA, Lita, TILA, Tail, Tila, alit, alti, ital, ital., lait, tail