Etymology

Mulan

Mu·lan
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Today it means: A female warrior from Chinese folklore. Full definition →

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From Mandarin 木蘭/木兰 (Mùlán, literally “magnolia”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.