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 大荔 (Dàlì).

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^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on December 25, 2019, Society‎^[2]:

     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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大荔 (zh) (Dàlì)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dali”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], 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

1. A Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, China.
   • [1971, Rewi Alley, “In and around Canton in November 1970”, in Eastern Horizon‎^[4], 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^[5], archived from the original on 18 May 2021, WORLD NEWS‎^[6]:

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

Translations

Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大理 (zh) (Dàlǐ)

city in Yunnan

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大理 (zh) (Dàlǐ)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dali”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[7], 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

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

Translations

town in Guangdong

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大瀝／大沥 (zh) (Dàlì)

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Dali

1. Alternative spelling of Dalí

Anagrams

• Dail, Dial, dial, dial., laid

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.li/
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: Da‧li

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.