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Ilan
name
Definitions
Proper Noun
- 1 A male given name from Hebrew.
- 2 Alternative form of Yilan. alt-of, alternative
"In order to survey the incidence of bovine tuberculosis among the native yellow cattle and water buffaloes, a special JCRR project was undertaken and a total of 150 water buffaloes were examined in Ilan County in 1958, and five positive reactors were found."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Hebrew אִילָן (Ilán, “tree, oak tree”).
Etymology 2
From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 宜蘭 (I²-lan²).
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