"Chia-yi" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From Mandarin 嘉義 (Jiāyì) Wade–Giles romanization: Chia¹-yi⁴.",
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          "ref": "1949, “Index”, in Code of Federal Regulations, Government Printing Office, published 1949, →ISSN, →OCLC, Title 4—Title 5, page 306",
          "text": "§325.15 Designation of differential posts. The following places are designated as differential posts at which each eligible employee shall be paid additional compensation in the form of a foreign post differential in accordance with the regulation in this part:\n(a) At the rate of 25 percent of basic compensation:[…]\nChia-Yi, Taiwan, China.[…]\nKaohsiung, Taiwan, China.",
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          "ref": "1965, George H. Kerr, Formosa Betrayed, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 132",
          "text": "The fate of the Tropical Chemical Industry Company near Chia-yi was an example.[...]In a similar fashion the industrial alcohol plant near Chia-yi (the largest of its kind in the Orient) was allowed to fall into complete disrepair and go out of production.",
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        {
          "ref": "1979, Johanna Menzel Meskill, A Chinese Pioneer Family, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, →OCLC, page 65",
          "text": "While Chu-lo was recaptured in the spring (during its subsequent siege, Ch’ien-lung bestowed the name Chia-yi, Commendable Loyalty, on the city), most of Chang-hua district remained in rebel hands.[...]They lifted the siege of Chia-yi and then moved against Lin Shuang-wen.",
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          "ref": "1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →OCLC, page 143",
          "text": "In 1782, Chia-yi and Chang-hua prefectures experienced large-scale social disorders between people of Chang-chou and Ch’uan-chou backgrounds.",
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          "text": "§325.15 Designation of differential posts. The following places are designated as differential posts at which each eligible employee shall be paid additional compensation in the form of a foreign post differential in accordance with the regulation in this part:\n(a) At the rate of 25 percent of basic compensation:[…]\nChia-Yi, Taiwan, China.[…]\nKaohsiung, Taiwan, China.",
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