Meanings
proper noun
alternative K'o-lan · alternative Kolan
- A county of Xinzhou, Shanxi, China.
65. The missile test range’s monitoring network is centered in Kelan County, but it has some tracking and monitoring facilities in Wuzhai and Xingxian.
1994, John Wilson Lewis, Xue Litai, China's Strategic Seapower: The Politics of Force Modernization in the Nuclear Age, Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 3111 more example
Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center is located in Kelan County, northern Shanxi Province, nearly 300 km (480 mi) away from Taiyuan city, the provincial capital, and 500 km (800 mi) southwest of Beijing.
2008, Peter Bond, Jane's Space Recognition Guide, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 152
Origin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 岢嵐 /岢岚
- 岢嵐 /岢岚 (ho² laam⁴)county
Chinese Mandarin 岢嵐 /岢岚
- 岢嵐 /岢岚 (Kělán)county
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APA
Kelan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kelan
MLA
“Kelan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kelan. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kelan,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kelan.
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