li
1[lee]
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noun Music.
the solmization syllable used for the semitone between the sixth and seventh degrees of a scale.
Origin of li
1alteration of la1
li
2[lee]
noun, plural li.
Origin of li
2First recorded in 1580–90, li is from the Chinese word lǐ
li
3[lee]
noun
Origin of li
3First recorded in 1910–15, li is from the Chinese word lǐ
Li
[lee]
noun
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Examples from the Web for lis
Historical Examples of lis
Then he went a few steps further to the house of the Lis; and there went in.
The Chinese Fairy BookVarious
E' lis—a district and a city in the northwestern part of the Peloponnesus.
"We're just looking on an' lis'ning," answered the boys meekly.
Two Little ConfederatesThomas Nelson Page
Arbiter (7:4) and lis (23:10) are not much more common in Ovid than in the other poets.
He'll make a fine man, a fine man if you don't spoil him, 'Lis'beth.
li
1noun
Word Origin for li
from Chinese
li
2the internet domain name for
Li
the chemical symbol for
LI
abbreviation for
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Li
[lē]Choh Hao 1913-1987
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