Meilan

English

Etymology

From Mandarin 美蘭 / 美兰.

Proper noun

Meilan

1. A district of Haikou, Hainan, China.
   • 2014, Jamie Frater, “Crime”, in Listverse.com's Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists: Fascinating Facts and Astounding Trivia on Movies, Music, Crime, Celebrities, History and More‎^[1], Ulysses Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 497:

     This is what happened when an unnamed Chinese man got into an argument with a woman over a parking place in the Meilan District of Haikou City, Hainan, China. She parked her scooter and attacked the man when he began shouting at her to move.

   • 2018 May 30, Keith Chan, “Haikou’s convention and exhibition industry hits world stage”, in South China Morning Post‎^[2], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on May 10, 2019, Business‎^[3]:

     On Thursday, the woman, surnamed Chen, was convicted of posing a threat to public safety after she slapped the driver, Fu Chuanming, on the face during a dispute in December at Haikou, Hainan island, the website of the People’s Daily reported.
     Meilan District People’s Court passed judgment in the 29-year old,^{[sic – meaning year-old]} but it was unclear if she would appeal, the report said.

Translations

district

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美蘭 / 美兰 (zh)

• Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• Meilan at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.