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Definition of 'Dalian'

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Dalian in British

(dɑːlˈjɛn ) or Talien (tɑːlˈjɛn )
noun
a city in NE China, at the end of the Liaodong Peninsula: with the adjoining city of Lüshun comprises the port complex of Lüda. Pop: 2 709 000 (2005 est)
. Japanese name: Dairen
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Dalian in American

(ˈdɑˈljɛn ; däˈlyenˈ)
seaport in Liaoning province, NE China
see also Lüda
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

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Used Rarely. Dalian is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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The subjunctive was formerly used in English for situations that were improbable or that expressed a wish. It is only rarely used in modern British English. It is, however, found in certain set phras...
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