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


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