Etymology

Dalian

Da·lian
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Today it means: Of or relating to Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Spanish surrealist painter. Full definition →

Mandarin 大連 /大连 ← Russian Да́льний
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Dalian · proper noun1

  1. Russian · derived fromДа́льний
  2. Mandarin · borrowed from大連 /大连
  3. English todayDalian

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.

Dalian · adjective2

From Dalí + -an.

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