Etymograph

English

Meilan

Meilan comes from Mandarin 美蘭.

  1. Mandarinmodern美蘭
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2014Meilan

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Mandarinmodern美蘭
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2014Meilan

Earliest quotation: 2014, Jamie Frater, Crime: “This is what happened when an unnamed Chinese man…”

Today it means

name A district of Haikou, Hainan, China.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Mandarin 美蘭 / Meilan