Wanluan
Syllables: Wan·luan
Wanluan proper noun: a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
Proper noun
Wanluan
- A rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
- About 140 years ago, for example, a certain Hsü Kuang-ming established an ancestral estate in Wanluan consisting of ten hectares. The trust was specifically set aside to provide for his own worship after death, and access to its profits was to be enjoyed only by his descendants.1972, Burton Pasternak, “Kinship”, in Kinship & Community in Two Chinese Villages, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 75–76
- They will be set up in Kungkuan and Tunglo in Miaoli County; Mingchien in Nantou County; Hsiaying, Shanshang and Hsinhua in Tainan County; Neipu, Kaoshu and Wanluan in Pingtung County; and Luyeh, Pinan, Taitung and Chihshang in Taitung County.1973 March 25, “Zone plan will spur silk making”, in 自由中國週報 [Free China Weekly], volume XIV, number 11, Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 4, column 5
Origin of Wanluan
From Mandarin 萬巒 /万峦 (Wànluán).
Questions about Wanluan
- What does Wanluan mean?
- Wanluan means a rural township in Pingtung County, Taiwan.
- What part of speech is Wanluan?
- Wanluan is a proper noun.
Words near Wanluan in the dictionary
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