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Dalifornia

Dalifornia proper noun: nickname for Dali, a city in Yunnan, China.

Proper noun

Dalifornia

  1. Nickname for Dali, a city in Yunnan, China.
    • Nowadays young Chinese and foreigners go to Dali not for cannabis but for more thrilling drugs: cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and other Web3 paraphernalia. A great deal of China's crypto community has relocated to Dalifornia, drawn as much by the beautiful natural setting as the permissive environment.2025, Dan Wang, Breakneck: China's Quest to Engineer the Future, Random House, →ISBN

Origin of Dalifornia

Calque of Mandarin 大理福尼亞 /大理福尼亚 or a blend of Dali + California. So named because of its sunny climate, easygoing culture and burgeoning tech scene.

Questions about Dalifornia

What does Dalifornia mean?
Dalifornia means nickname for Dali, a city in Yunnan, China.
What part of speech is Dalifornia?
Dalifornia is a proper noun.

Words near Dalifornia in the dictionary

  1. daliaunce
  2. daliaunces
  3. Dalican
  4. dalieba
  5. Daliesque
  6. Dalifornia
  7. Dalig
  8. Daligan
  9. Daliganj
  10. dalilu
  11. Dalimir

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