Holan

name, verb

name, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hor lan. Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative, invariable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    Alternative form of Helan. alt-of, alternative

    "Yin Hung-tu, (left) deputy head of Holan county, Kansu province, comes to visit Ching Yu-kun’s (right) new home. The latter has just come from Peking."

Example

More examples

"Yin Hung-tu, (left) deputy head of Holan county, Kansu province, comes to visit Ching Yu-kun’s (right) new home. The latter has just come from Peking."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Two possible origins: * Borrowed from Czech Holan, Holaň, Holáň, all nicknames from holy (“naked, bare”). * Borrowed from Norwegian Holan, habitational surname from several minor places, ultimately from Old Norse hóll (“round hill, mound”).

Etymology 2

From Mandarin 賀蘭 /贺兰 (Hèlán), Wade–Giles romanization: Ho⁴-lan².

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.