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, […]

   • 2021 May 13, “Mainland China reports first local COVID-19 cases in more than 3 weeks”, in Reuters‎^[5], archived from the original on 14 May 2021, Asia Pacific‎^[6]:

     The other case, surnamed Zhang, was in close contact with Li during a training class Li led in the city of Luan, near Anhui's provincial capital Hefei, Xinhua reported. […]
     Two areas in Luan city and one part of Feixi county were declared "medium-risk" regions by local authorities in response to the cases. State media reported mass testing being carried out in main urban area in Luan and some areas in Hefei.

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): /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