Dali

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

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːli/

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Dali

1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大荔 (zh) (Dàlì)

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Etymology 2

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

Alternative forms

• Tali, Ta-li (dated, from Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Dali

1. An autonomous prefecture of Yunnan province, China.
   • [1971, Rewi Alley, “In and around Canton in November 1970”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[1], 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.]

2. A city in Yunnan, China.
3. A town in Dali city, Yunnan, China.

Translations

autonomous prefecture in Yunnan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大理 (zh) (Dàlǐ)

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city in Yunnan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大理 (zh) (Dàlǐ)

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Etymology 3

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

Alternative forms

• Tali, Ta-li (dated, from Wade–Giles)

Proper noun

Dali

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

Translations

town in Guangdong

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大瀝／大沥 (Dàlì), 大沥 (Dàlì)

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Etymology 4

Proper noun

Dali

1. Alternative spelling of Dalí

Anagrams

• Dail, Dial, dial, dial., laid

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Polish

Etymology

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Proper noun

Dali m pers or f

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Dali

	singular	plural
nominative	Dali	Dali
genitive	Dalego	Dalich
dative	Dalemu	Dalim
accusative	Dalego	Dalich
instrumental	Dalim	Dalimi
locative	Dalim	Dalich
vocative	Dali	Dali

The feminine surname is indeclinable.