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surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州, Gansu
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orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
Langxi county in Suihua 綏化|绥化, Heilongjiang
Finland
Ukraine
Milano / Milan (Italy)
cymbidium / orchid
Northern Ireland
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), English Renaissance philosopher and early scientist
Nalan Xingde (1655-1685), Manchu ethnic Qing dynasty poet
Zhalantun, county-level city in Hulunbuir 呼倫貝爾|呼伦贝尔, Inner Mongolia
Tehran, capital of Iran
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Holland; the Netherlands
Chevrolet
France
magnolia
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
Sri Lanka
Frankfurt, Germany
Lancôme, French cosmetics brand
Lamborghini (Italian car manufacturer)
New Zealand
Gaolan county in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州, Gansu
Roland (name)
Mindanao (island in the Philippines)
profound friendship / sworn brotherhood
Atlanta
Poland
Wulanhaote, county-level city, Mongolian Ulaan xot, in Hinggan league 興安盟|兴安盟, east Inner Mongolia
Lanshan district of Linyi city 臨沂市|临沂市, Shandong
Hulan district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 in Heilongjiang
flange (loanword)
spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany)
Helan county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川, Ningxia
Auckland (New Zealand city) / Oakland (California, US city)
Yilan city and county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, northeast Taiwan
Ireland
Shulan, county-level city in Jilin prefecture 吉林, Jilin province
England
Meilan district of Haikou city 海口市, Hainan
Yulan magnolia
Orlando
Grant (name)
Newfoundland Island, Canada
brandy (loanword)
Frank (name)
Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / see 花木蘭|花木兰
lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)
of or relating to Flemish people, language or culture
Brandenburg
Lankao county in Kaifeng 開封|开封, Henan
Scotland Yard
Lanling County in Linyi 臨沂|临沂, Shandong
Greenland
Islam
Casablanca (Morocco's economic capital)
Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊
Wulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
Ulaanbaatar or Ulan Bator, capital of Mongolia
flannel (loanword) / Taiwan pr. [fa4 lan2 rong2]
the Franks (Germanic people who arrived in Europe from 600 AD and took over France)
(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet
(name) Franklin / Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author
Eupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb)
lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)
Maryland, US state
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
Islamabad, capital of Pakistan
Lanping Bai and Pumi autonomous county in Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture 怒江傈僳族自治州 in northwest Yunnan
Sembilan, state of southwest Malaysia
guinea pig
Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
Scotland
the Koran
Lancaster
Polanski (name)
to be close friends
holiday cactus
Francis (name)
New Zealand (Tw)
hand gesture in traditional dances (joined thumb and middle finger, the rest extended)
lit. directory of orchids / fig. genealogical record (esp. exchanged between sworn brothers)
Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
Saransk, capital of the Republic of Mordovia, Russia
Selangor (Malaysia)
Gelderland, province of the Netherlands
spearmint
Flevoland, province in Netherlands
variant of 芥藍|芥蓝
Friesland, province of the Netherlands
Quran (Islamic scripture)
Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-2010), Spanish Olympic official, president of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001
Orchidaceae
Dutch (language)

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