dali

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Definition of dali

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.
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noun

  1. A timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.

name

  1. A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
    “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.”
  2. A Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, China.
    “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.”
    “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,[…]”
  3. A city in Yunnan, China.
  4. A town in Dali city, Yunnan, China.
  5. A town in Foshan city, Guangdong province, China.
  6. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of Dalí.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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

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