Dali
English
Etymology 1
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大荔 (Dàlì).
Pronunciation
- enPR: däʹlēʹ[1]
Proper noun
Dali
- 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
county
References
- ^ 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
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dali”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[4], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 955, column 3
Etymology 2
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ).
Alternative forms
- Tali, Ta-li (dated, Wade–Giles)
Proper noun
Dali
- 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, […]
- A city in Yunnan, China.
- Synonym: Dalifornia
- A town in Dali city, Yunnan, China.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dali”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[8], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 955, column 3
Etymology 3
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大瀝 / 大沥 (Dàlì).
Alternative forms
- Tali, Ta-li (dated, Wade–Giles)
Proper noun
Dali
Translations
Etymology 4
Proper noun
Dali
- Alternative spelling of Dalí.