# Dalian

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /dɑːliˈæn/ · frequency rank #40,198

## Definitions
1. A major subprovincial city of Liaoning, in northeastern China.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **Dylan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-dylan)
- **Dolan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-dolan)
- **Delia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-delia)
- **Dalit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-dalit)
- **Daria** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-daria)
- **Dallas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-dallas)
- **Dalton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-dalton)
- **Damian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-damian)
- **Dorian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-dorian)
- **Darien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-darien)
- **durian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalian-vs-durian)
- **Dalia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalia-vs-dalian)
- **dahlia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dahlia-vs-dalian)

## Common misspellings (8)
`adlian`, `dailan`, `dalain`, `daliann`, `dalina`, `dallian`, `ddalian`, `dlaian`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/dalian