Lian

//ˈli.æn// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

* As a Norwegian surname, from several farmsteads with the name Li, from Old Norse hlíð (“hillside”). * As a Chinese surname, from 連 /连, 连, and 廉 (lián).

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