douliou
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
Alternative form of Douliu.
Example Sentences
- "The Village actively supports 13 historic crafts, including the making of cotton comforters, noodles, rice vermicelli, paper, incense, and the molding of clay figures. It also preserves and presents for public education 36 very old structures, including a Hakka residence from Beipu, a farmhouse from Tianwei, an ancient family dwelling from Lugang, an enclosed-courtyard house from Changhua, a scholar’s residence from Penghu, and a “dragon building” from Douliou, as well as more than 3,000 ancient artifacts."
- "Take the train to Douliou, and then catch the Taisi Bus that stops in Shihliou."
- "Players from Taiwan celebrate after defeating South Africa 4-0 in their International Baseball Federation's (IBAF) final Olympic qualifying tournament game in Douliou March 13, 2008."
- "Darb didn't live in Taichung. He lived in a town named Douliou, Taiwan. Douliou was three hours south of Taichung.[…] One night after soon arriving in Douliou, Darb came home and said that he wanted to have a few drinks. What a surprise."
- "Over the next week we visited and toured about two dozen factories. Most were bad. Dark, dirty, with workers going through the motions, heads bowed, vacant looks in their eyes. Just outside Taichung, however, in the small town of Douliou, we found a factory that showed promise. It was called Feng Tay, and it was managed by a young man named C. H. Wong."
- "Honey tangerines produced in Yunlin County are displayed at a promotional event held by the Douliou City Office on Thursday. A honey tangerine festival is set to take place in the city Jan. 26-28."
Etymology
From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 斗六 (Dǒuliù), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Dǒuliòu.
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