Hulan

See also: hulan and hùlán

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 呼蘭呼兰 (Hūlán).

Proper noun

Hulan

  1. A district of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
    • 2006, “The Diary of Father Francis Tan Tiande”, in Michael Miller, transl., edited by Gerolamo Fazzini, The Red Book of Chinese Martyrs: Testimonies and Autobiographical Accounts, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 66:
      The joy that I experienced at that moment cannot be described in words. However “heaven disappoints us”. The train had scarcely reached the district of Hulan (it was destined for Harbin) when I was arrested.
    • 2014 September 22, “Jinan air quality ranked poorest; rare disease turns muscle into bone”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 September 2014, China Insider:
      A two-year-old girl was badly injured when she was attacked by the family’s dog at their farm in Hulan district, Harbin, []

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