"Luan" meaning in English

See Luan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: From Mandarin 欒/栾 (Luán). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn|^欒}} Mandarin 欒/栾 (Luán) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Luan
  1. A surname from Mandarin.
    Sense id: en-Luan-en-name-FLxmAR-a Categories (other): English surnames
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Luan
  1. Alternative form of Lu'an Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: Lu'an
    Sense id: en-Luan-en-name-RpOuesuf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "text": "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.[…]\nWhile 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.",
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          "ref": "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 2014-10-12, China Insider",
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