"Yuanli" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From the Mandarin 苑裡/苑里 (Yuànlǐ). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|苑裡}} Mandarin 苑裡/苑里 (Yuànlǐ) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yuanli
  1. An urban township in Miaoli County, Taiwan. Wikipedia link: Yuanli Categories (place): Places in Miaoli County, Places in Taiwan, Townships Synonyms: Yuan-li, Yüan-li (alt: Wade–Giles) Translations (urban township in western Taiwan): 苑裡 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 苑里 (Oán-lí) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 苑裡 (Chinese Mandarin), 苑里 (Yuànlǐ) (Chinese Mandarin)
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          "ref": "2011 March, Chou Wen-hao [周文豪], “Anthropology Department [人類學組]”, in Open up the Precious: 100 Specimens and Objects of the National Museum of Natural Science [啓綻驚・華: 百件典藏精華圖錄], Taipei: National Museum of Natural Science, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 211:",
          "text": "The double circle pattern was first discovered on a gravestone in Yuanli Township of Miaoli County. Later the same pattern was found on an ancestor gravestone of the Hsieh family in Houlong Township, and in several places in Tongxiao Township of Miaoli County.",
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          "ref": "2014 April 16, “Wind farm protesters stage sit-in at Economic Ministry”, in Focus Taiwan, archived from the original on 2021-02-24, Society:",
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          "text": "On many occasions, public hearings were more symbol than substance; key dissenting voices, interest groups and academics were either not invited, informed too late or barred access form the venue by large police deployments. In some cases, as with the controversy over InfraVest Corp's wind turbine project in Yuanli, Miaoli County, police inside a public hearing would turn their cameras on the villagers and activists, but did not do so when company representatives or government officials were making their case, measures that were regarded as intimidating.",
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          "ref": "2021 May 3, Keoni Everington, “Photo of the Day: Mother's Day 'painting' seen in Taiwan rice field”, in Taiwan News, archived from the original on 2021-05-03, Photo of the Day:",
          "text": "The Yuanli Farmer's Association in Miaoli County's Yuanli Township has been promoting \"painted\" rice fields for nearly 20 years. The fields are actually not painted but rather consist of different varieties of rice that come in five different colors.",
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