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dali

Syllables: Da·li

dali noun: a timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.

Noun

dali

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

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Dali

Dali

  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.2019 December 26, Alice Yan, “Meet the Chinese villager with supermodel looks”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 Dec 2019, Society

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Dali

Dali

  1. 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.[1971, Rewi Alley, “In and around Canton in November 1970”, in Eastern Horizon, volume X, number 1, Hong Kong: Eastern Horizon Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, column 2
    • 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,[…]2008 March 3, Alfred Cang, “China tin mine collapse kills seven: report”, in Ken Wills, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 18 May 2021, WORLD NEWS
  2. A city in Yunnan, China.
    Synonyms:
    Dalifornia
  3. A town in Dali city, Yunnan, China.

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Dali

Dali

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

Proper noun (4) capitalized: Dali

Dali

  1. (alternative) Alternative spelling of Dalí.

Synonyms of dali

Forms of dali

alternative formTali
alternative formTa-li

Origin of dali

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

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大理 (Dàlǐ).

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大瀝 /大沥 (Dàlì).

Words formed from dali

Phrases with dali

Questions about dali

What does dali mean?
Dali means a timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.
What part of speech is dali?
Dali can be a noun or a proper noun.

Words near dali in the dictionary

  1. Dalguise
  2. dalgyte
  3. dalgytes
  4. Dalhart
  5. Dalhousie
  6. dali
  7. Dali Lama
  8. Dalia
  9. Dalian
  10. daliance
  11. daliances

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