hulan

plural hulans

1. archaicArchaic form of uhlan.

1. A district of Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

   A two-year-old girl was badly injured when she was attacked by the family’s dog at their farm in Hulan district, Harbin,[…]

   2014 September 22, “Jinan air quality ranked poorest; rare disease turns muscle into bone”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Sep 2014, China Insider

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   On October 1, leading members of the Heilungkiang provincial and Harbin city party committees went to rural people's communes and their sub-divisions in Hulan County and on the outskirts of Harbin city to help with autumn harvest.

   1978 October 4 [1978 October 2], “NCNA Reportage”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 193, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Peking NCNA, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: National Affairs, page E 9

   The joy that I experienced at that moment cannot be described in words. However “heaven disappoints us”. The train had scarcely reached the district of Hulan (it was destined for Harbin) when I was arrested.

   2006, “The Diary of Father Francis Tan Tiande”, in Michael Miller, transl., edited by Gerolamo Fazzini, The Red Book of Chinese Martyrs: Testimonies and Autobiographical Accounts, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 66