Lan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lan"

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Lan

1. A surname from Chinese.

Translations

Lan: the Chinese surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蘭／兰 (zh) (Lán), 藍／蓝 (zh) (Lán)

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 嵐／岚 (Lán).

Proper noun

Lan

1. A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China.
   • [2012 August 30, “Dough sculpture on display at Gonghui fair”, in China Daily‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 November 2019‎^[2]:

     A folk artist makes a crane-shaped creation at the Gonghui fair in Lanxian County, North China's Shanxi Province, March 26, 2008.]

   • 2020, Shunmin (鲁顺民) Lu, Yang Yao (杨遥), Chen Kehai (陈克海), 掷地有声：从山西看中国脱贫攻坚 [Pathway to Prosperity: China's Poverty Alleviation with a Case Study of Shanxi Province]‎^[3], →ISBN, page [4]:

     Drivers can take the exit and head north to Kelan, south to Jingle, or west onto a hill road that leads to Lan County in Lüliang City.

Translations

county

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 嵐／岚 (zh) (Lán)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

• Aln, LNA, NLA, nal-

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 蘭.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [laːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [laːŋ˧˧]
• Homophone: lan, lang

Proper noun

Lan

1. a female given name from Chinese
2. a female given name from Chinese, a middle name