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Holland
オランダ is the name and country of Holland in Japanese Katakana.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Netherlands / Holland
This is the Chinese name for the country of the Netherlands. The name actually sounds like “Holland,” the other common name for this Benelux country.
There is not differentiation between the words Holland and Netherlands in Chinese, the characters shown here represent the only official name for this country in Chinese.
See Also: Belgium | Luxembourg | Europe
Netherlands
This is the Netherlands in Japanese Katakana.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
Netherlands Antilles
This is the Chinese name for the Netherlands Antilles (overseas country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) .
See Also: Holland | Netherlands | North America
Orchid
蘭 is the character for the orchid in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Also: Epidendrum.
蘭 is used in some contexts to mean fragrant, elegant, or refined.
蘭 can also be the Chinese family name romanized as “Lan.” However, it is not the only character that can be romanized as Lan.
In Japanese and Korean, this character means orchid but is also used as a suffix or short name for the Netherlands / Holland.
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| Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
蘭 兰 see styles |
lán lan2 lan ran(p); ran(p) らん(P); ラン(P) |
More info & calligraphy: Orchid(1) orchid; (2) (abbreviation) (See 阿蘭陀・オランダ) Netherlands; Holland; (surname, female given name) Ran The epidendrum, orchid; scented, refined; pledged, sworn; translit. ra, ram, ran; abbrev. for 偸蘭遮 q.v. |
荷蘭 荷兰 see styles |
hé lán he2 lan2 ho lan niran にらん |
More info & calligraphy: Netherlands / Holland(surname) Niran |
オランダ see styles |
oranda オランダ |
More info & calligraphy: Holland |
和蘭 see styles |
aran あらん |
(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) Holland (por: Olanda); The Netherlands; (female given name) Aran |
菏蘭 菏兰 see styles |
hé lán he2 lan2 ho lan |
Holland |
蘭国 see styles |
rankoku らんこく |
Holland |
北荷蘭 北荷兰 see styles |
běi hé lán bei3 he2 lan2 pei ho lan |
North Holland, a province of the Netherlands |
南荷蘭 南荷兰 see styles |
nán hé lán nan2 he2 lan2 nan ho lan |
South Holland, a province of the Netherlands |
和蘭陀 see styles |
oranda おらんだ |
(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) Holland (por: Olanda); The Netherlands; (place-name) Holland |
阿蘭陀 see styles |
oranda おらんだ |
(ateji / phonetic) (kana only) Holland (por: Olanda); The Netherlands; (place-name) Oranda |
ホラント see styles |
horanto ホラント |
(See オランダ) Holland (region of the Netherlands); (place-name) Holland; Holand |
代爾夫特 代尔夫特 see styles |
dài ěr fū tè dai4 er3 fu1 te4 tai erh fu t`e tai erh fu te |
Delft, Zuid-Holland, the Netherlands |
ネザーランド see styles |
nezaarando / nezarando ネザーランド |
The Netherlands; Holland; (place-name) Netherlands |
ユーロポート see styles |
yuuropooto / yuropooto ユーロポート |
Europort; (place-name) Europoort (Rotterdam, Holland); Europort |
北ホラント州 see styles |
kitahorantoshuu / kitahorantoshu きたホラントしゅう |
(place-name) North Holland, Noord-Holland (Dutch province) |
南ホラント州 see styles |
minamihorantoshuu / minamihorantoshu みなみホラントしゅう |
(place-name) South Holland, Zuid-Holland (Dutch province) |
ニューホランド see styles |
nyuuhorando / nyuhorando ニューホランド |
(place-name) New Holland |
ミュンヒホランド see styles |
myunhihorando ミュンヒホランド |
(personal name) Munch-Holland |
クロスリイホランド see styles |
kurosuriihorando / kurosurihorando クロスリイホランド |
(personal name) Crossley-Holland |
Variations: |
oranda オランダ |
(kana only) Netherlands (por: Holanda); Holland |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Holland | オランダ | o ran da / oranda | ||
| Netherlands Holland | 荷蘭 荷兰 | hé lán / he2 lan2 / he lan / helan | ho lan / holan | |
| Netherlands | ネーデルランド | neederurando nederurando | ||
| Netherlands Antilles | 荷屬安的列斯群島 荷属安的列斯群岛 | hé shǔ ān dè liè sī qún dǎo he2 shu3 an1 de5 lie4 si1 qun2 dao3 he shu an de lie si qun dao heshuandeliesiqundao | ho shu an te lieh ssu ch`ün tao hoshuanteliehssuchüntao ho shu an te lieh ssu chün tao |
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| Orchid | 蘭 兰 | ran | lán / lan2 / lan | |
| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
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