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Dalian

//dɑːliˈæn// adj, name

Definitions

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

Etymology

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.

Etymology 2

From Dalí + -an.

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