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Tehran, capital of Iran
FC Internazionale Milano (football club) / abbr. for 國際米蘭足球俱樂部|国际米兰足球俱乐部
Islam
holiday cactus
Ukraine
Finland
New Zealand
North Holland, a province of the Netherlands
Ireland
Medan (city in Indonesia)
Northern Ireland
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  *蘭* | 蘭* | *蘭
surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州, Gansu
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  *蘭* | 蘭* | *蘭
orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)
orchid / fragrant thoroughwort / (botany) Eupatorium fortunei / Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)
Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / see 花木蘭|花木兰
lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)
Chevrolet
Ram (son of Hezron)
Cleveland
Lapland (northern Europe)
Milano / Milan (Italy)
to be close friends
England
the Netherlands
Kavalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan / old name of Yilan 宜蘭|宜兰 County, Taiwan / Kavalan, a brand of single malt whisky from Taiwan
Vanda genus of orchids
marjoram (Origanum majorana)
spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
flange (loanword)
Newfoundland Island, Canada
Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher
McMillan or MacMillan (name) / Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963
Yulan magnolia
New Zealand (Tw)
South Holland, a province of the Netherlands
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain)
Eupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb)
pansy
Flevoland, province in Netherlands
Loulan, aka Kroraina, ancient oasis town on the Silk Road near Lop Nor 羅布泊|罗布泊
agave (genus of plants); (esp.) Agave americana / agave-based spirit; (esp.) tequila (distilled from blue agave, Agave tequilana)
Yilan city and county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县, northeast Taiwan
Holland; the Netherlands
Zhuolan or Cholan town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
Friesland, province of the Netherlands
(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
profound friendship / sworn brotherhood
Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
dram (1⁄16 ounce) (loanword)
Queensland, northeast Australian state
lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)
Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
Poland
Scotland
Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
Greenland
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
Phalaenopsis (flower genus)
vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
New England
Gelderland, province of the Netherlands
Roland (name)
Auckland (New Zealand city) / Oakland (California, US city)
Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong
Wulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
Swaziland (Tw)
scarlet kafir lily / Clivia miniata (botany)
spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name)
Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
Sembilan, state of southwest Malaysia
Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles)
Maryland, US state
snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata)
Helan county in Yinchuan 銀川|银川, Ningxia
Baghlan province of north Afghanistan
Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱
Bertrand (name)
double-stamen orchid (Diplandrorchis sinica S.C. Chen), an endangered species
Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶 (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
East Midlands, English county
lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
vanilla / Vanilla planifolia
water hyacinth
variant of 芥藍|芥蓝


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