Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hulan

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: Hu-lan
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Archaic form of uhlan.

Archaic

name

A district of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

Example Sentences

"On October 1, leading members of the Heilungkiang provincial and Harbin city party committees went to rural people's communes and their sub-divisions in Hulan County and on the outskirts of Harbin city to help with autumn harvest."
"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."
"A two-year-old girl was badly injured when she was attacked by the family’s dog at their farm in Hulan district, Harbin,[…]"

Etymology

From Mandarin 呼蘭 /呼兰 (Hūlán).

Word Breakdown

Root: 呼蘭

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

hulans (plural)

Questions

What does hulan mean?: Archaic form of uhlan.
Where does hulan come from?: From Mandarin 呼蘭 /呼兰 (Hūlán).

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