English
Yilan
Yilan comes from Mandarin 宜蘭.
- Mandarinmodern宜蘭Yílán
- Englishearliest quotation 1954Yilan
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Mandarinmodern宜蘭Yílán
- Englishearliest quotation 1954Yilan
Earliest quotation: 1954, George W. Barclay, Princeton: “From 1920 to 1940, the Taiwanese population of the…”
Every English word from Mandarin 宜蘭
Today it means
name A county of Taiwan.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Mandarin 宜蘭 / Yilan