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Dalian en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /dɑːliˈæn/
  • däʹlyěnʹ
  • /dɑːliˈɛn/

Etymology

Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大連 /大连 (Dàlián), ultimately from Russian Да́льний (Dálʹnij, literally “distant”). Related to the name of the bay called after a village located on the opposite side of the bay.

Meanings

  1. A major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
    • In a rare interview, Ms. Sun spoke with pride about her blue collar past. “I come from a worker’s background, and I have a very deep and special feeling for organized labor,” she told the Dalian Daily. As party secretary of Dalian, a city in northeastern China, Ms. Sun honed her political acumen. 2022 October 19, Alexandra Stevenson, “For Women in China’s Communist Party, It’s Lonely at the Top”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Ta-lien alternative lexicographic
Talien alternative lexicographic

Relateds

Lüda · Dairen (from Japanese) · Dalniy (from Russian) · Port Arthur

Translations (16)

ru Даля́нь (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · ru Да́льний (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · ar دَالْيَان (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · hu Talien (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · vi Đại Liên (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · mk Далиен (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · ko 대련 (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · cs Ta-lien (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · fi Dalian (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · ug داليەن (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · yue 大連 /大连 (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · pt Dalian (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · cmn 大連 /大连 (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · fr Dalian (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · ko 다롄 (subprovincial city in northeastern China) · ja 大連 (subprovincial city in northeastern China)

Dalian en · ADJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /dɑːˈliːən/
  • /ˈdɑːliən/

Etymology

Etymology tree English Dalí Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Dalian From Dalí + -an.

Meanings

  1. Of or relating to Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Spanish surrealist painter.

Forms

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more Dalian Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most Dalian Degree=Sup lexicographic

Synonyms

Dalinian