Wanli

• (from Wade–Giles) Wan-li

From Mandarin 萬曆/万历／万历/万历 (Wànlì).

Wanli

1. Wanli Emperor (14th Emperor of the Ming dynasty)
2. era name for the period that this emperor ruled (1573—1620)

From Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 萬里 (Wànlǐ), Wade–Giles romanization: Wan⁴-li³.

Wanli

1. A district of New Taipei, Taiwan.
   • 1955, Annual Report‎, Ministry of Economic Affairs Mineral Survey Team, OCLC 269241988, page 49:

     The Wanli township is situated along the seashore eight Kilometers west of Keelung Harbor.

   • 1969, Drumwright, Florence, Taiwan, Eden in Asia‎, Caves Book Company, OCLC 797298668, page 61, column 2:

     Keelung or Chilung five miles southeast of Wanli or 15 miles northeast of Taipei. The largest seaport on Taiwan with a harbor accommodating ocean vessels up to 20,000 tons has the distinction of being the wettest port in the world […]

   • 2005, Birdwatching in Taiwan‎, Taipei: Wild Bird Society of Taipei, →ISBN, OCLC 70796775, page 50‎:

     Yeliou is located at the coast in Wanli Township of Taipei County, on Provincial Hwy. 2.

   • 2008, Freiberger, Scott B., Taipei in a Day‎, →ISBN, OCLC 427567606, page 54:

     By car head north on North Second Highway (北二高速公路 Beiergao) in the direction of Keelung and continue in the direction of Wanli (萬里), the resort is on the right.

   • 2021 July 28, Oung, Angelica, “Nuclear reactor shut due to malfunction: Taipower”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on July 27, 2021:

     The No. 2 reactor at the Guosheng Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City’s Wanli District (萬里) experienced a malfunction that triggered an automatic shutdown early yesterday morning, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Wanli.

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