Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dulan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: Du-lan
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A county of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.

Example Sentences

"But critics argue that moving these farmers, who are mainly Han Chinese and members of the minority Hui, Tu and Salar ethnic groups, will further erode the position of the Tibetan inhabitants of Dulan County in Haixi Prefecture, where the farmers are to be resettled and which is a designated Tibetan and Mongolian Autonomous Area. Tibetans are already in a minority there."

Etymology

From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 都蘭 /都兰 (Dūlán).

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 都蘭

Questions

What does dulan mean?: A county of Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai, China.
Where does dulan come from?: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 都蘭 /都兰 (Dūlán).

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