Dali
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大荔 (Dàlì).
Proper noun edit
Dali
Translations edit
Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dali”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[1], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 955, column 3
Etymology 2 edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ).
Alternative forms edit
- Tali, Ta-li (dated, Wade–Giles)
Proper noun edit
Dali
- A Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, China.
- [1971, Rewi Alley, “In and around Canton in November 1970”, in Eastern Horizon[2], 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[3], archived from the original on 18 May 2021, WORLD NEWS[4]:
- 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.
- A town in Dali city, Yunnan, China.
Translations edit
Further reading edit
- Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dali”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 955, column 3
Etymology 3 edit
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大瀝/大沥 (Dàlì).
Alternative forms edit
- Tali, Ta-li (dated, Wade–Giles)
Proper noun edit
Dali
Translations edit
Etymology 4 edit
Proper noun edit
Dali
- Alternative spelling of Dalí
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
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Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Dali m pers or f
- a surname
Declension edit
Declension of Dali
The feminine surname is indeclinable.