Ulan

See also: ulan, ulán, ułan, and Ułan

Cebuano

Etymology

From ulan.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: U‧lan

Proper noun

Ulan

  1. a surname from Cebuano

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish ułan, from Turkish oğlan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /uˈlaːn/
  • (file)

Noun

Ulan m (weak, genitive Ulanen, plural Ulanen)

  1. (historical, military) uhlan (lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit)
    • 1918, Heinrich Mann, Der Untertan, Leipzig: Kurt Wolff Verlag, page 506:
      Er wagte sich kühn hinaus, hin ging er unter den großen langsamen Tropfen, und mit ihm Ulanen, Kürassiere, Husaren und Train []
      He ventured out boldly, he went there among the massive slow clusters and with him came uhlans, cuirassiers, husars and the train []

Declension

Further reading

  • Ulan” in Duden online
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