Liao

American

[lyou] / lyaʊ /

Wade-Giles, Pinyin.

a dynasty that ruled in China a.d. 907–1125.
a river in NE China, flowing through S Manchuria into the Gulf of Liaotung. 700 miles (1,125 km) long.

Liao British

/ ljaʊ /

noun

a river in NE China, rising in SE Inner Mongolia and flowing northeast then southwest to the Gulf of Liaodong. Length: about 1100 km (700 miles)

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But the most vivid performance might in fact be the convenience store itself, brought to fluorescent, sanitized, colorful life by scenic designer Joanna Yu and lighting designer Wen-Ling Liao.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

Other co-authors include Jiangang Liao, professor of public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine, and Camille Moeckel, a fourth-year medical student and research associate at Penn State College of Medicine.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2025

Speaking to the BBC, Mrs Liao said she was "grateful" for all the support given to Lin, saying: "She really held on. She did it."

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2024

To that end, editor Ruth Bayang and web editor and ad representative Kelly Liao will stay on.

From Seattle Times • May 29, 2024

As the Kweilei and Toro appear on our maps and also the better-known Liao, we are thus enabled to determine with tolerable precision Nayan's country.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

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