Jhuolan

English

Alternative forms

• Cholan (Wade–Giles)
• Zhuolan (Hanyu Pinyin)

Etymology

From Mandarin 卓蘭 (Zhuólán) Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jhuólán.

Proper noun

Jhuolan

1. An urban township in Miaoli County, Taiwan.
   • 2023 March 11, Staff writer, with CNA, “Ferret-badgers confirmed to have had rabies virus”, in Taipei Times‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on March 11, 2023, Taiwan News, page 2‎^[4]:

     As part of a program being carried out by the Bureau of Animal and Plant Health Inspection and Quarantine to assess the prevalence of rabies among wild animal across Taiwan, two Formosan ferret-badgers were captured in Jhuolan Township (卓蘭) on Jan. 1 and Jan. 7, and a third was caught in Taian Township (泰安) on Jan. 18, the office said.

Translations

urban township

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 卓蘭／卓兰 (coek³ laan⁴)

  Hokkien: 卓蘭／卓兰

  Mandarin: 卓蘭／卓兰 (zh) (Zhuólán)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (2008), “Cholan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[5], 2nd edition, volume 1, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 790, column 3