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Dali Baizu Zizhizhou
Dali Baizu Zizhizhou (大理白族自治州), the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, is a Bai-minority autonomous prefecture in northwestern Yunnan, established 22 November 1956, capital Dali City, area 29,459 km², 1 city and 11 counties, home of Erhai Lake.
Dali Chasma
Dali Chasma is a rift valley on Venus, centered at 17.6° S, 167.0° E, extending about 4,000 km from Atla Regio and named for the Georgian goddess of the hunt.
Dali Everyday Grocery
Dali Everyday Grocery, whose Swiss parent is Dali Discount AG, is a Philippine hard-discount grocery chain founded in 2020, running over 1,300 small no-frills stores selling mostly private-label goods.
Dali Foods Group
Dali Foods Group (达利食品集团) is a Chinese snack food and beverage maker founded in 1989 by Xu Shihui in Fujian, known for Daliyuan and Copico.
Dali Kingdom
The Dali Kingdom (大理国) was a state centered in present-day Yunnan, China, founded around 938 and conquered by the Mongols in 1254 after 316 years.
Dali-Cangshan UNESCO Global Geopark
Dali-Cangshan UNESCO Global Geopark (Dali Cangshan, 苍山) in Yunnan, China, designated 2015, centers on the Cangshan range, Erhai Lake, and the Dali Glacial Period type area, with 19 peaks and Malong at 4,122 m.
DALI2
DALI2, the Detector Array for Low Intensity radiation 2, is an array of NaI(Tl) scintillation detectors at the RIKEN Nishina Center in Japan for in-beam gamma-ray spectroscopy.
Dalia Grybauskaitė
Dalia Grybauskaitė, born 1956 in Vilnius, President of Lithuania 2009–2019 and its first female head of state. Former EU Budget Commissioner, Finance Minister, and independent whose term shifted Lithuanian foreign policy power to the presidency.
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė
Dalia Ibelhauptaitė (b. 1967, Vilnius), Lithuanian theatre and opera director and producer based in London, founder and artistic director of Vilnius City Opera (Bohemiečiai), director of La bohème (2006), Sweeney Todd, and Faust, consultant on Rocketman, producer of The Offer, wife of Dexter Fletcher.
Daliah Lavi (דליה לביא)
Daliah Lavi (דליה לביא), born Daliah Lewinbuk 1942 in Shavei Zion, Mandatory Palestine, was an Israeli actress of 1960s films (The Silencers, Casino Royale) and a German schlager star of the 1970s; died Asheville, North Carolina, 2017.
Dalian
Dalian (大连), a sub-provincial port city on the Liaodong Peninsula between the Yellow and Bohai seas, is Northeast China's maritime gateway: 7.54 million people, 2,211 km coastline, 2024 GDP of 951.69 billion yuan, and the Dalian Commodity Exchange.
Dalian Atkinson
Dalian Atkinson (1968-2016), English striker for Ipswich Town, Real Sociedad, and Aston Villa, 1994 League Cup winner; died aged 48 after being Tasered and kicked by a West Mercia police officer in Telford, whose 2021 manslaughter conviction was the first in 35 years.
Dalian Commodity Exchange
The Dalian Commodity Exchange is a Chinese futures exchange in Dalian, founded in 1993 and the world's largest futures market for palm oil and iron ore.
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (中国科学院大连化学物理研究所)
Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (中国科学院大连化学物理研究所, DICP), a Chinese Academy of Sciences institute in Dalian founded March 19, 1949, known for catalysis, DMTO methanol-to-olefins technology, the Dalian Coherent Light Source, flow batteries, and nine international joint research centers.
Dalian Laohutan Ocean Park
Dalian Laohutan Ocean Park (大连老虎滩海洋公园), a first-batch national 5A marine theme park in Zhongshan District, Dalian; 1.18 million m², 4,000 m coastline, five venues including the 2002 Polar Pavilion, operated by Haichang Holdings.
Dalian LNG Terminal
The Dalian LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas receiving and regasification terminal near Dalian in Liaoning, northeast China, opened by PetroChina in December 2011.
Dalian Maritime University
Dalian Maritime University (大连海事大学, DMU) is a public maritime university in Dalian, China. Founded in 1909, it is the only university directly under the Ministry of Transport.
Dalian Medical University
Dalian Medical University (大连医科大学), founded 1947 as Guandong Medical College in Dalian, Liaoning, is a provincial medical university; it moved to Zunyi 1969-1978, was renamed in 1994, and relocated to Lushunkou in 2007.
Dalian Professional F.C. (大连人职业足球俱乐部)
Dalian Professional F.C. (大连人职业足球俱乐部), also Dalian Pro, formerly Dalian Aerbin and Dalian Yifang, was a Dalian football club founded 2009; coached by Benitez, it dissolved in January 2024 over historical debts.
Dalian Rongke
Dalian Rongke Power Co. is a Chinese vanadium redox flow battery and electrolyte manufacturer based in Dalian, Liaoning, founded in 2008 and incubated by the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics.
Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium (大连梭鱼湾足球场)
Dalian Suoyuwan Football Stadium (大连梭鱼湾足球场) is a 63,000-seat football stadium in Ganjingzi District, Dalian, China, opened April 2023; China's first stadium surrounded by sea on three sides and home of Dalian Yingbo.
Dalian Xindameng
Dalian Xindameng Commercial Management Co. is a Chinese holding company set up in Dalian in 2024 by Wanda, which sold a 60% stake to a PAG-led consortium for about RMB 60 billion.
Daliang, Guangdong
Daliang (大良), also Fengcheng, is the government-seat subdistrict of Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdong; 80.34 km², 271,302 residents (2020), county seat since 1452, home of Qinghui Garden and a leading commercial center.
Dalibor Sameš
Dalibor Sames is a chemist and professor at Columbia University in New York, known for C–H bond functionalization and fluorescent false neurotransmitters that image neurotransmitter release.
Dalida
Dalida (Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, 1933–1987), Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, Miss Egypt 1954, Paris star from "Bambino" (1956) to disco pioneer, 85 million records, died 3 May 1987.
Dalila Bela
Dalila Bela, Canadian actress born 2001 in Montreal, known as Agent Olive in PBS KIDS' Odd Squad and Diana Barry in Anne with an E; also voice of Sydney in Ready Jet Go! and a singer-songwriter.
Dalilah Muhammad
Dalilah Muhammad (born 1990, Queens, New York) is an American 400m hurdles runner, 2016 Olympic champion, two-time world champion (2017, 2019), and 2019 world-record holder at 52.16; she took Tokyo 2020 silver in 51.58 and retired after 2025.
Dalimil's Chronicle
Dalimil's Chronicle (Kronika tak řečeného Dalimila) is a rhymed Czech verse chronicle of the early 14th century and the oldest historical work composed in the Czech language.
Daliniuwang Auto (大力牛魔王汽车)
Daliniuwang Auto (大力牛魔王汽车) is the new-energy logistics vehicle brand of Deli New Energy Automobile, a Chinese commercial-vehicle maker founded in Anyang, Henan in 2017, known for battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell delivery trucks.
Dalip Kaur Tiwana
Dalip Kaur Tiwana (ਦਲੀਪ ਕੌਰ ਟਿਵਾਣਾ; 1935–2020) was a Punjabi novelist who wrote about women's lives and won the Sahitya Akademi Award and Padma Shri.