和蘭

Transcription of Dutch Holland. In Min Nan, possibly reinforced as an orthographic borrowing from Japanese 和蘭.

和蘭

1. (historical, obsolete) the Netherlands, Holland

   • 和蘭，又名紅毛番，地近佛郎機。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     和兰，又名红毛番，地近佛郎机。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1739, 明史 (History of Ming), 卷三百二十五　列傳第二百一十三　外國六 (Volume 325, Biographies 213: Foreign States 6)

     Hélán, yòu míng hóngmáo fān, dì jìn fólángjī. [Pinyin]

     Holland, also known as the "red-haired barbarians", is close to the land of the Franks (France).

   • 和蘭，明史作「荷蘭」，歐羅巴濱海之國。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     和兰，明史作“荷兰”，欧罗巴滨海之国。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: 1928, 清史稿 (Draft History of Qing), 卷159　志一百三十四　邦交七 (Volume 159, Record 134: Diplomatic Relations 7)

     Hélán, míngshǐ zuò “hélán”, ōuluóbā bīnhǎi zhī guó. [Pinyin]

     Holland, written as "荷蘭" in the History of Ming, is a country in coastal Europe.

• 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hélán)
• 尼德蘭／尼德兰 (Nídélán)

• Governor-General of Taiwan (1931–1932), “和蘭”, in 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor, 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (in Japanese and Min Nan), Taihoku: 同府 (Dōfu), →OCLC

The kanji spelling is ateji (当て字), contracted from 和蘭陀. Compare Chinese 荷蘭／荷兰 (Hélán). See the main entry at オランダ for full details.

• (Tokyo) オランダ [òráńdá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞ɾã̠nda̠]

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和蘭(オランダ) • (Oranda) 

1. Obsolete spelling of オランダ (“Netherlands”)

• → Korean: 화란 (Hwaran)
• → Vietnamese: Hoà Lan

和蘭

1. chữ Hán form of Hoà Lan (“Netherlands”).