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Holan

name, verb

Definitions

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."

Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of hor lan. Singapore, Singlish, alt-of, alternative, invariable

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.

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