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Yilan¹

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 宜蘭 (Yílán).

proper noun Ilan · I-lan

  1. A county of Taiwan. Those who know Formosa will have heard of a large rice-producing place called Kapsulan. This place, known officially as Komalan-t'ing was changed in January 1878 into Yilan-hsien (宜蘭縣), by which name it is now known.
  2. A city in Yilan County, Taiwan. From 1920 to 1940, the Taiwanese population of the nine major cities (excluding Hualien and Yilan¹³) increased from 365 thousand to 808 thousand.

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Yilan²

Where it comes from

From Mandarin 依蘭／依兰 (Yīlán).

proper noun Ilan · I-lan

  1. A county of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. Tens of thousands of peasants in Tulungshan of Ilan county started large-scale riots, and within ten days killed or injured three thousand Japanese soldiers together with their commanders.

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name county in Taiwan; city in Taiwan

日本語宜蘭 Giran
中文宜蘭 /宜兰 Yílán
Tiếng ViệtNghi Lan

name county

中文依蘭 /依兰 Yīlán

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"Yilan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yilan. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Yilan. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yilan

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"Yilan." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yilan.

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@misc{yilan_2026,
  title = {Yilan},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yilan},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}