Dali

See also: dali, Dalí, dālǐ, d'ali, dàlǐ, Dàlǐ, and dāli

English

Etymology 1

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大荔 (Dàlì).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: däʹlēʹ[1]

Proper noun

Dali

  1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
    • 2019 December 26, Alice Yan, “Meet the Chinese villager with supermodel looks”, in South China Morning Post[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 December 2019, Society‎[3]:
      Wen Fang, who lives in Dali county in the northwest province of Shaanxi, made a name posting photos and videos of himself dressed in women’s fashion and strutting his stuff through his village.
Translations

References

  1. ^ Leon E. Seltzer, editor (1952), “Tali”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World[1], Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1868, column 2

Further reading

Etymology 2

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ).

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Proper noun

Dali

  1. A Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, China.
    • [1971, Rewi Alley, “In and around Canton in November 1970”, in Eastern Horizon[5], volume X, number 1, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 2:
      Away over in South-west China, in the Tali prefecture of Yunnan Province, there lies Chungtien County. Set amongst a tumbled mass of mountains rising to the snow line, it is not easily accessible.]
    • 2008 March 3, Alfred Cang, “China tin mine collapse kills seven: report”, in Ken Wills, editor, Reuters[6], archived from the original on 18 May 2021, WORLD NEWS‎[7]:
      Eight people entered an abandoned tin mine in the province’s Dali autonomous prefecture on Saturday night, and their excavation caused the mine to cave in, []
  2. A city in Yunnan, China.
    Synonym: Dalifornia
  3. A town in Dali city, Yunnan, China.
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Further reading

Etymology 3

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大瀝 / 大沥 (Dàlì).

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Dali

  1. A town in Foshan city, Guangdong province, China.
Translations

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Dali

  1. Alternative spelling of Dalí.
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