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English
Etymology 1
From Mandarin 欒/栾 (Luán).
Proper noun
Luan
- A surname from Mandarin.
2010 April 9, Loa Iok-sin, “Jiang backs betel ‘justice’”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 16 April 2010, Taiwan News, page 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
- 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 October 2014, China Insider: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, […]
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): /l̪ˠuən̪ˠ/, /l̪ˠuənˠ/
Noun
Luan m (genitive singular Luain, nominative plural Luanta)
- Monday
Declension
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlwan/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: Luan
Proper noun
Luan m
- a male given name