Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dalian

/dɑːliˈæn/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: Da-lian
IPA: /dɑːliˈæn/

7

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.

adj

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

Example Sentences

"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."

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.

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 大連, Да́льний

Inflected Forms

more Dalian (comparative) most Dalian (superlative)

Phrases

Port Arthur

Frequently Paired Words

Dairen Dalniy Lüda Port Arthur

Synonyms

Dalinian

Rhymes With

alien mammalian episcopalian balian an can than man plan began san fan

Questions

How do you pronounce dalian?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɑːliˈæn/.
What does dalian mean?: A major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
Where does dalian come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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