Luan

See also: Appendix:Variations of "luan"

English

Etymology 1

From Mandarin 欒／栾 (Luán).

Proper noun

Luan

1. A surname from Mandarin.
   • 2010 April 9, Loa Iok-sin, “Jiang backs betel ‘justice’”, in Taipei Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 April 2010, Taiwan News, page 2‎^[2]:

     Luan Cheng (欒丞), an officer from the Jhonghe Second Police Precinct, on Tuesday approached 19-year-old Yen Ju-yi (顏如憶) who was selling betel nuts at a small shop in Jhonghe City (中和), Taipei County, and told her she was showing too much skin and may have violated the law. […]
     While Yen has accused Luan of causing bodily harm, Luan said that Yen prevented an officer of the law from exercising his duties and slandered him.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Luan

1. Alternative form of Lu'an
   • 2014 October 9, Wu Nan, “Drink-driving bungle; Fake goods up in flames; Ex-official denies gambling”, in South China Morning Post‎^[3], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2014, China Insider‎^[4]:

     A man has been arrested in Huoshan county near Luan for drink-driving after he rang up the police by mistake and then challenged an officer to a fight, […]

Usage notes

Luan can be considered a misspelling of Lu'an. In theory, a syllable-dividing mark (隔音符號／隔音符号 (géyīn fúhào)) should be added before a non-initial syllable beginning with a, o, or e. Hence, Luan could only ever refer to a word made up of the single syllable luan (see Etymology 1 above, where the single syllable Luan is a surname) since a word made up of lu and an would be spelled as Lu'an (cf. Lu'an). In practice, syllable-dividing marks are often added or omitted at will.

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish lúan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l̪ˠuən̪ˠ/, /l̪ˠuənˠ/

Noun

Luan m (genitive singular Luain, nominative plural Luanta)

1. Monday

Declension

Declension of Luan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Luan Luanta Vocative a Luain a Luanta Genitive Luain Luanta Dative Luan Luanta

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Luan na Luanta Genitive an Luain na Luanta Dative leis an Luan don Luan leis na Luanta

Derived terms

• Dé Luain
• Luan Cásca
• Luan Cincíse
• Luan an tSléibhe

See also

• (days of the week) Domhnach,‎ Luan,‎ Máirt,‎ Céadaoin,‎ Déardaoin,‎ Aoine,‎ Satharn ^{(Category: ga:Days of the week) [edit]}

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlwan/ [ˈlwãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: Luan

Proper noun

Luan m

1. a male given name