Hualian

See also: Huālián

English

Proper noun

Hualian

  1. Alternative form of Hualien (City)
    • 1983 April 24, “Taiwanese Pilot Defects to China”, in The Japan Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1, column 4:
      The official Xinhua News Agency said Maj. Li Dawei, 33, flew a U-6a aircraft from the town of Hualian on the east coast of Taiwan on Friday and landed safely in a coastal area in Fujian province.
    • 2007, Moskowitz, Marc L., “Magic Tricks, Midnight Grave Outings, and Transforming Trees: Performance and Agency in Taiwanese Religion”, in Pamela J. Stewart; Andrew Strathern, editors, Asian Ritual Systems: Syncretisms and Ruptures, Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 69:
      According to Mrs. Li, he had only lived in Gaoxiong for eight years. He used to live in Hualian, a smaller city on the East Coast, but moved because the gods told him that there were many ghosts that needed taking care of in Gaoxiong.
    • 2013 October 31, Bradsher, Keith, “Earthquake Shakes Remote Area of Taiwan”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 November 2013, Asia Pacific:
      The earthquake, estimated at a magnitude of 6.3 by the United States Geological Survey and by Taiwan’s authorities, occurred in a sparsely inhabited area roughly 30 miles south-southwest of Hualian, a resort town on the east coast.
  2. Alternative form of Hualien (County)
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