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Dalian

[ dah-lyahn ]

noun

, Pinyin.
  1. an urban municipality in southern Liaoning province, in northeastern China, on the southern tip of the Liaodong peninsula: comprises the old cities of Dalian and Lüshun, and five adjacent counties. About 1,300 sq. mi. (3,367 sq. km). Formerly (Pinyin) Lü·da,.
  2. an old city in outhern Liaoning province, in northeastern China: one of the finest harbors on the East Asian coast; now part of the urban area of Dalian. Formerly (Japanese) Dairen;.


Dalian

/ tɑːlˈjɛn; dɑːlˈjɛn /

noun

  1. 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) Former nameDairen


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For example, a study published in the journal Remote Sensing earlier this year found that people in various neighborhoods of Dalian, China, felt safer in consistent levels of warm light, something easily achieved with controlled LED lighting.

Some of the largest overall emitters were places like Dalian, a logistics hub, and Handan, a longtime producer of steel.

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When Fang Hengkun was still a college student in Beijing, about 20 years ago, he used to go back home to the city of Dalian in Liaoning province by train for winter break.

He would arrive at the Beijing Railway Station three hours early because “it was the only train between Beijing and Dalian that day,” he says.

Shinoda, one of seven children, was born March 28, 1913, in Dalian, China, where her father ran a tobacco firm.

Married to a well-connected Chinese woman from Dalian, Heywood wore nice suits, had impeccable manners, and spoke Mandarin.

From this habit it derives its name, Dalian; which, in the Sumatran language, signifies the fork of a tree.

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