Ilan

See also: I-lan, ilan, and ilân

English

Etymology 1

Hebrew אִילָן (Ilán, “tree, oak tree”).

Alternative forms

• Ilon, Elan, Elon, Alan, Alon, Eilan, Eilon, Ailan, Ailon

Proper noun

Ilan

1. A male given name from Hebrew.

Etymology 2

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 宜蘭 (I²-lan²).

Proper noun

Ilan

1. Alternative form of Yilan
   • 1964, T. H. Shen, “Animal Industry”, in Agricultural Development on Taiwan Since World War II‎^[1], Comstock Publishing Associates, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 226:

     In order to survey the incidence of bovine tuberculosis among the native yellow cattle and water buffaloes, a special JCRR project was undertaken and a total of 150 water buffaloes were examined in Ilan County in 1958, and five positive reactors were found.

   • 1967 October, “Selling to the Farm Sector”, in A Market for U.S. Products in Taiwan‎^[2], US Department of Commerce, page 77:

     Throughout the fertile alluvial plains in Chianan, Pingtung, and Ilan, farm size averages between 2½ and 5 acres.

   • 1981 June 14, “Ilan county has scenic setting for modern life”, in Free China Weekly‎^[3], volume XXII, number 23, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 2:

     Of the county's total area of 2,137 square kilometers, mountains comprise 65 percent. Ilan is profusely endowed with natural charms and a mild climate.

   • 1998, Robert Storey, Taiwan (Lonely Planet)‎^[4], page 207:

     The largest city in Ilan County, Ilan is of no special interest to most travellers other than as a transit point.

   • 2004, Phil Macdonald, National Geographic Traveler: Taiwan, National Geographic Society, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 128:

     The port town of Suao in Ilan County is the gateway to the east coast of Taiwan.

   • 2006 December 22, Flora Wang, “NewsMaker: Mayor-elect Chen is a crusader in curls”, in Taipei Times‎^[5], archived from the original on 25 January 2007‎^[6]:

     Born in 1950, Chen grew up as a farmer's daughter in Sanhsing Township (三星), Ilan County.

   • 2007 January 9, Chen Pan, “Folk Customs and Related Cultural Artifacts”, in Hakka Affairs Council‎^[7], archived from the original on 20 October 2022‎^[8]:

     Currently only in Chuangwei, Ilan is there a "Sky Mending Temple" where sacrifices are made to Nu-Wa.

   • 2007 November 27, Shelley Shan, “Mitag causes minor road damage, disrupts flights”, in Taipei Times‎^[9], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2007-12-01, Front Page, page 1‎^[10]:

     Accumulated rain topped 623mm in Nioudou (牛鬥), Ilan County, 316mm in Wanjung (萬榮), Hualien County, and 261mm in Danong (大農), Hualien County.

   • 2008 April 7, “Pictures of the Day, April 7”, in The New York Times‎^[11], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 March 2023, page 12 of 15‎^[12]:

     Some rice exporters in Vietnam and India have restricted exports in order to keep more rice at home, pushing up international prices and threatening supplies to countries that depend on imports. A man worked in a rice factory in Jiaosi in Ilan County, Taiwan.

   • 2008 April 27, Jacqueline Wong, “No quick fix to soothe Asian rice shortage fears”, in Reuters‎^[13], archived from the original on 28 October 2022, Top News‎^[14]:

     A man holds a handful of rice as he poses for the photographer in a rice factory in Jiaosi, Ilan County, Taiwan, April 7, 2008.

   • 2010 October 23, “Typhoon Spurs Big Mudslides in Taiwan”, in The New York Times‎^[15], archived from the original on 17 June 2022, Asia Pacific‎^[16]:

     Searchers in Taiwan found mangled vehicle parts thought to be from a bus carrying 19 mainland Chinese tourists that disappeared when rains from Typhoon Megi caused huge mudslides on a mountainside highway, the transport minister said Saturday.
     Landslides caused by the typhoon also killed nine people and buried a Buddhist temple in hardest-hit Ilan County in the northeast, where a record 45 inches of rain fell in 48 hours.

   • 2011 June 15, “Nearly 1,000 moon jellyfish spotted off northeastern Taiwan”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[17], archived from the original on 2023-07-10, Society‎^[18]:

     Schools of moon jellyfish have been spotted in waters off the Nanfangao fishing port in Ilan County, northeastern Taiwan, in the past two days, with local officials attributing their presence to the reproduction of the algae on which the jellyfish feed.

   • 2012 September 30, “Taiwanese protest against Japan over disputed Diaoyu islands”, in South China Morning Post‎^[19], archived from the original on 2012-10-03‎^[20]:

     Nearly 1,000 people marched through the town of Toucheng, in northeastern Ilan county, clutching banners and flags and chanting slogans. […] The protest came after dozens of Taiwanese fishing boats from Ilan county last week entered territorial waters around the disputed islands to press Taipei’s claim.

   • 2016 September 30, 王柏文, 陳信隆, “颱風假怎放 氣象局長建議看清晨4點預報 [CWB makes suggestion for typhoon day-off decision]”, in M. Larsen-Strecker　　　　　　　　, transl., Public Television Service‎^[21], archived from the original on 01 October 2016‎^[22]:

     Executive Yuan State Administrative Council member Chang Ching-sen quoted a statistic on her facebook account, listing the number of erroneous Typhoon days over the last 15 years, with Ilan in the lead at 22 days, followed by Taitung at 21, and Taichung and Hsin Pei at 19 each.

   • 2016 December 21, Matthew Strong, “Man faces charges for taking First Bank money home”, in Taiwan News‎^[23], archived from the original on 2016-12-22, Society‎^[24]:

     The search netted Peregudovs, who was caught after an off-duty police officer recognized him at an Ilan County restaurant.

   • 2020 October 27, Yi-shan Chen, “Google Ups Investment in Taiwan, Highlights Risks”, in CommonWealth Magazine‎^[25], archived from the original on 2021-08-10, Technology‎^[26]:

     In Taiwan, the landing point for the brand-new broadband cable will be Toucheng in Ilan County on Taiwan’s northern Pacific coast.

   • 2022 April 15, “Lunch with TaiwanPlus”, in 歐洲在臺商務協會 [European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan]‎^[27], archived from the original on 2022-05-26, Latest News‎^[28]:

     Besides political and military analysis, TaiwanPlus has produced human stories related to the crisis in Ukraine, including a story about a Taiwanese family living in Poland, which is offering sanctuary to Ukrainian refugees, and a story about Taiwan’s only Ukrainian restaurant in Ilan, run by a Ukrainian expat living there.

   • 2023 June 7, Xian-Ying Lee, “The Beauty and The Sorrow of Forest Guardians”, in Newsweek [《小世界周報》], Shih Hsin University‎^[29], archived from the original on 2023-07-10, 英語 [yīngyǔ]‎^[30]:

     “One hectare of flat land is not that big, but one hectare of forest is more burdensome as it includes mountains and rivers,” said Lai, Po-Shu, a forest ranger stationed at Taipingshan in Luodong, Ilan County, northeastern Taiwan.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ilan.

Translations

Yilan — see Yilan

Further reading

• “Ilan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• INLA, LNAI, Lain, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, lain, nail