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


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