Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dali

/dˈɑli/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.91 in modern English

Syllables: Da-li
IPA: /dˈɑli/

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

2

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

name

A county of Weinan, Shaanxi, China.

name

A Bai autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province, China.

name

A city in Yunnan, China.

name

A town in Dali city, Yunnan, China.

name

A town in Foshan city, Guangdong province, China.

name

Alternative spelling of Dalí.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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,[…]"

Etymology

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

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 大荔, 大理, 大瀝

Inflected Forms

Tali (alternative) Ta-li (alternative)

Derived Forms

Daliesque

Frequently Paired Words

Dalifornia

Synonyms

Dalifornia

Homonyms

dolley dollie

Rhymes With

ali holly molly bali poly jolly dolly mali somali trolley polly folly

Questions

How do you pronounce dali?: The recorded pronunciation is /dˈɑli/.
What does dali mean?: A timber tree (genus Myristica) of Guiana, whose wood is used for staves etc.
Where does dali come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 大荔 (Dàlì).

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