eo Eljo (male given name from Arabic) · tg Алӣ (male given name from Arabic) · ja アリ (male given name from Arabic) · az Əli (male given name from Arabic) · ug ئەلى (male given name from Arabic) · de Ali (male given name from Arabic) · ha Ali (male given name from Arabic) · hi अली (male given name from Arabic) · syc ܥܠܝ (male given name from Arabic) · cmn 阿里 (male given name from Arabic) · mr अली (male given name from Arabic) · ur علی (male given name from Arabic) · arc 𐡏𐡋𐡉 (male given name from Arabic) · ko 알리 (male given name from Arabic) · sw Ali (male given name from Arabic) · fi Ali (male given name from Arabic) · fr Ali (male given name from Arabic) · am ዓሊ (male given name from Arabic) · so Cali (male given name from Arabic) · te అలీ (male given name from Arabic) · ar عَلِيّ (male given name from Arabic) · kmr Elî (male given name from Arabic) · ky Али (male given name from Arabic) · he עֵלִי (male given name from Arabic) · pt Ali (male given name from Arabic) · tr Ali (male given name from Arabic) · fa علی (male given name from Arabic) · it Alì (male given name from Arabic) · ky Аалы (male given name from Arabic) · sem-srb 𐩲𐩡𐩺 (male given name from Arabic) · bn আলী (male given name from Arabic) · ba Ғәли (male given name from Arabic) · ps علي (male given name from Arabic) · nl Ali (male given name from Arabic) · es Alí (male given name from Arabic) · ru Али́ (male given name from Arabic) · ms Ali (male given name from Arabic) · kk Әли (male given name from Arabic) · pl Ali (male given name from Arabic) · uk Алі́ (male given name from Arabic)
A diminutive of the female given name Alison or of its variants.
A diminutive of the male given name Alistair or of its variants.
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Ali en · PROPN · etymology 3
Pronunciation
ä′lē′
Etymology
Borrowed from Mandarin 阿里 (Ālǐ).
Meanings
Synonym of Ngari: the Mandarin Chinese-derived name.
Liu cursed the lifeless wasteland around them. This wasn't another planet, it was Ali prefecture, Tibet. Altitude: 4,500 metres. And these astronomers were on a mission. 2012 October 20, “Staring at the sun from the roof of the world”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Dec 2024, China:
The Ngari area is now known as the Ali Prefecture of the TAR. Commonly called Ali, the Chinese-built town of Shiquanhe is the administrative center of the area.[…]
Although the area of Ali Prefecture is around the same size as Italy or the state of Arizona (300,000 sq km), it is dominated by the barren Changthang Plateau and is sparsely populated with only approximately 70,000 people. 2000, “To Kailash”, in Atsushi Kanamaru, editor, Mapping the Tibetan World, 1st edition, Kotan Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 136, column 1:
The Ali Cosmic Microwave Background Polarisation Telescope (AliCPT), perched at 5,250 metres (17,220 ft) in Tibet’s remote Ali prefecture, was finished this month after eight years of construction involving 16 institutions worldwide, including Stanford University, according to state broadcaster CCTV. 2025 July 16, Ling Xin, “China joins US in hunt for ripples in spacetime with new telescope in Tibet”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 Jul 2025, Science: