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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)
Finland
Ukraine
Milano / Milan (Italy)
flange (loanword)
Northern Ireland
Tehran, capital of Iran
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
Holland; the Netherlands
Chevrolet
Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature
New Zealand
Gaolan county in Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州, Gansu
Roland (name)
Queensland, northeast Australian state
profound friendship / sworn brotherhood
Poland
to be close friends
Hulan district of Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨 in Heilongjiang
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
Cleveland
Yulan magnolia
lit. iris and orchid / fig. exalted sentiments / (expr. of praise for noble character, beautiful surrounding, future prospects etc)
Ceylon (former name of Sri Lanka)
Newfoundland Island, Canada
Mulan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang / see 花木蘭|花木兰
lily magnolia (Magnolia liliflora)
Greenland
Islam
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
(botany) common stock; gillyflower (Matthiola incana) / (botany) violet
Eupatorium, e.g. Japanese bog orchid (Eupatorium japonicum Thunb)
Maryland, US state
agave (genus of plants) / Agave americana / tequila
Sembilan, state of southwest Malaysia
Scotland
holiday cactus
Ketagalan, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, esp. northeast corner
Gelderland, province of the Netherlands
Flevoland, province in Netherlands
variant of 芥藍|芥蓝
Friesland, province of the Netherlands
lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
Ram (son of Hezron)
Malan military base and atomic test site in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
spider plant (Chlorophytum comosum)
New England
water hyacinth
Alan, Allen, Allan, Alain etc (name) / A-lan (Chinese female name)
Feng Youlan (1895-1990), distinguished Chinese philosopher
McMillan or MacMillan (name) / Harold Macmillan (1894-1986), UK conservative politician, prime minister 1957-1963
vanilla / Vanilla planifolia
Yilan county in Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨, Heilongjiang
the Netherlands
pansy
Lapland (northern Europe)
Phalaenopsis (flower genus)
vanilla (Vanilla planifolia)
Zhuolan or Cholan town in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县, northwest Taiwan
snake plant aka mother-in-law's tongue (Dracaena trifasciata)
Aslan (from the Narnia chronicles)
Bertrand (name)
orchid / fragrant thoroughwort / (botany) Eupatorium fortunei / Herba Eupatorii (used in Chinese medicine)
North Holland, a province of the Netherlands
South Holland, a province of the Netherlands
Swaziland (Tw)
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
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
marjoram (Origanum majorana)
Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
Baghlan province of north Afghanistan
dram (1⁄16 ounce) (loanword)
Raffarin, prime minister of France under Jacques Chirac
Burang county in Ngari prefecture, Tibet, Tibetan: Spu hreng rdzong
Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶 (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet
East Midlands, English county
Medan (city in Indonesia)
Leroy Merlin (PRC DIY chain)
New Zealand (Tw)
Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
Shu Menglan (1759-1835), Qin dynasty writer, poet and editor of Anthology of ci poems tunes 白香詞譜|白香词谱
Vanda genus of orchids
Dulan county in Haixi Mongol and Tibetan autonomous prefecture 海西蒙古族藏族自治州, Qinghai
double-stamen orchid (Diplandrorchis sinica S.C. Chen), an endangered species


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