Mulan

See also: mulan, mùlán, and Mùlán

English

Alternative forms

• Mu-lan, Mu-Lan, Mu Lan

Etymology

From Mandarin 木蘭／木兰 (Mùlán, literally “magnolia”).

Proper noun

Mulan (countable and uncountable, plural Mulans)

1. A female warrior from Chinese folklore.
2. Any of several places in China:
   1. A county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
      • 1983, Chong-Sik Lee, Revolutionary Struggle in Manchuria: Chinese Communism and Soviet Interest, 1922-1945‎^[1], University of California Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 222:

        Not only were the Korean Communists numerous, but their influence extended over a wide territory ranging from Chientao in the southeast to Ilan and Mulan in the southern part of Heilungkiang Province, where the Koreans had formed communities of their own.

      • 1992, Zhimei Zhang, Foxspirit: A Woman in Mao's China‎^[2], Quebec: Vehicule Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 168:

        We had no idea how long this period of “re-education” might last. We were to present ourselves within ten days to local officials in Mulan county, about four hours by road from Harbin.

      • 2022 April 4, “Xinhua Headlines: Eyeing food security, China strengthens domestic grain supply”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[3], archived from the original on 04 April 2022:

        "It was beyond my expectations when the average yield per mu (one mu equals about 666 square meters) exceeded 200 kg," said Zhang Xianwu, a farmer in Mulan County, Heilongjiang Province. Zhang planted over 530 hectares of the "Heinong 84" soybean last year.

      • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mulan.
   2. A township in Huangpi district, Hubei, China
   3. A river in Fujian, China

Translations

warrior; locations

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 木蘭／木兰 (zh) (Mùlán)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Mulan”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[4], volume 2, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2080, column 2

Anagrams

• Lanum, Luman, Ulman, alnum, alumn, manul, namul