Meanings
Dalian1
alternative Ta-lien · alternative Talien
- A major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.
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.
2022 October 19, Alexandra Stevenson, “For Women in China’s Communist Party, It’s Lonely at the Top”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2022
Dalian2
comparative more Dalian · superlative most Dalian
- Of or relating to Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Spanish surrealist painter.
Synonyms: Dalinian
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf or relating to Salvador Dalí (1904–1989), Spanish surrealist painter.
Origin
Dalian · proper noun
- RussianДа́льний
- Mandarin大連 /大连
- EnglishDalian
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.
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Arabic دَالْيَان
- دَالْيَان (dālyān)subprovincial city in northeastern China
Chinese Cantonese 大連 /大连
- 大連 /大连 (daai⁶ lin⁴)subprovincial city in northeastern China
Chinese Mandarin 大連 /大连
- 大連 /大连 (Dàlián)subprovincial city in northeastern China
Czech Ta-lien
- Ta-liensubprovincial city in northeastern China
Finnish Dalian
- Daliansubprovincial city in northeastern China
French Dalian
- Daliansubprovincial city in northeastern China
Hungarian Talien
- Taliensubprovincial city in northeastern China
Japanese 大連
- 大連 (Dairen)subprovincial city in northeastern China
Korean 다롄, 대련
- 다롄 (Daryen)subprovincial city in northeastern China
- 대련 (Daeryeon)subprovincial city in northeastern China
Polish Dalian
- Daliansubprovincial city in northeastern China
Portuguese Dalian
- Daliansubprovincial city in northeastern China
Russian Даля́нь, Да́льний
- Даля́нь (Daljánʹ)subprovincial city in northeastern China
- Да́льний (Dálʹnij)subprovincial city in northeastern China
Vietnamese Đại Liên
- Đại Liênsubprovincial city in northeastern China
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
Dalian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dalian
“Dalian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dalian. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Dalian,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Dalian.
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