奥兰

奧蘭

Àolán

noun #21,817

Meanings

1 Oran (city in Algeria)
2 Orlan/Orland (name element, transliteration)

Characters

profound; mysterious (phonetic)

orchid; elegant (phonetic)

Examples

奥兰是阿尔及利亚的第二大城市。

Àolán shì Ā'ěrjílìyà de dì èr dà chéngshì.

Oran is the second-largest city in Algeria.

加缪的小说《鼠疫》发生在奥兰。

Jiāmù de xiǎoshuō 「Shǔyì」 fāshēng zài Àolán.

Camus's novel 'The Plague' is set in Oran.

Tips

culture

奥兰 is most famous in literature as the setting of Albert Camus's 'The Plague' (《鼠疫》, 1947). The Algerian city of Oran (Arabic: وهران) has a long history as a Mediterranean port city.

Stroke Order

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