Dalian

See also: dālián, dālian, dǎliǎn, and Dàlián

English

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• Ta-lien, Talien (Wade–Giles)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɑːliˈæn/, /dɑːliˈɛn/

Proper noun

Dalian

1. A major subprovincial city in Liaoning, in northeastern China.
   • 2022 October 19, Alexandra Stevenson, “For Women in China’s Communist Party, It’s Lonely at the Top”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 October 2022‎^[2]:

     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.

Related terms

• (from Japanese) Dairen
• (from Russian) Dalniy
• (historical) Lüda
• (historical) Port Arthur

Descendants

• Translingual: Daliansaurus

Translations

subprovincial city in northeastern China

• Arabic: دَالْيَان m (dalyān)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大連／大连 (daai⁶ lin⁴)

  Mandarin: 大連／大连 (zh) (Dàlián)

• Czech: Ta-lien
• Finnish: Dalian
• French: Dalian (fr)
• Hungarian: Talien (hu)
• Japanese: 大連 (ja) (だいれん, Dairen)
• Korean: 다롄 (ko) (Daryen)
• Macedonian: Далиен m (Dalien)
• Portuguese: Dalian f
• Russian: Даля́нь m (Daljánʹ), Да́льний (ru) m (Dálʹnij) (archaic)
• Uyghur: داليەن (dalyen)
• Vietnamese: Đại Liên (vi)

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Dalian”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[3], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 956, column 1

Etymology 2

Dalí +‎ -an

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑːliən/, /dɑːˈliːən/

Adjective

Dalian (comparative more Dalian, superlative most Dalian)

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

Synonyms

• Dalinian

Anagrams

• -landia

Portuguese

Proper noun

Dalian f

1. Dalian (a major subprovincial city in Liaoning, in northeastern China)