Mulan
See also: mulan, mùlán, and Mùlán
English
Alternative forms
- Mu-lan, Mu-Lan, Mu Lan
Etymology
From Mandarin 木蘭／木兰 (Mùlán, literally “magnolia”).
Proper noun
Mulan (countable and uncountable, plural Mulans)
- A female warrior from Chinese folklore.
- Any of several places in China:
- A county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
- 1983, Chong-Sik Lee, Revolutionary Struggle in Manchuria: Chinese Communism and Soviet Interest, 1922-1945, University of California Press, →ISBN, LCCN 82-7083, OCLC 470865020, page 222:
- Not only were the Korean Communists numerous, but their influence extended over a wide territory ranging from Chientao in the southeast to Ilan and Mulan in the southern part of Heilungkiang Province, where the Koreans had formed communities of their own.
- 1992, Zhang, Zhimei, Foxspirit: A Woman in Mao's China, Quebec: Vehicule Press, →ISBN, OCLC 313876228, OL 8550052M, page 168:
- We had no idea how long this period of “re-education” might last. We were to present ourselves within ten days to local officials in Mulan county, about four hours by road from Harbin.
- 2022 April 4, “Xinhua Headlines: Eyeing food security, China strengthens domestic grain supply”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency, archived from the original on 04 April 2022:
- "It was beyond my expectations when the average yield per mu (one mu equals about 666 square meters) exceeded 200 kg," said Zhang Xianwu, a farmer in Mulan County, Heilongjiang Province. Zhang planted over 530 hectares of the "Heinong 84" soybean last year.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mulan.
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- A township in Huangpi district, Hubei, China
- A river in Fujian, China
- A county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Translations
warrior; locations
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Anagrams
- Lanum, Luman, Ulman, alnum, alumn, manul, namul