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布朗

Mandarin · pinyin Bù lǎng

(name) Brown
Blang ethnic group

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布: bù · cotton cloth, textiles, linen
朗: lǎng · clear, bright; distinct

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name · Etymology 1

the Blang, a Palaungic-speaking ethnic group in Yunnan province, southwest China, as well as Burma and Thailand

name · Etymology 2

a transliteration of the English surname Brown

noun · Etymology 3

(Mandarin) plum

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