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烏拉

Pronunciation: /u⁵¹ lä¹/

“烏拉” is a Chinese word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a kind of shoe made from cattle hide and stuffed with Carex meyeriana (烏拉草), worn in the winter in northeastern China
  2. supply points, usually found in Tibet
  3. type of hard labor in Southwest China, especially Tibet
  4. people serving this type of hard labor
  5. river
  6. bedding made of skins
  7. mountain

proper noun

  1. (historical) a tribe of Jurchen people
  2. Ulla (name)

interjection

  1. hooray

Etymology

Borrowed from Manchu ᡤᡡᠯᡥᠠ (gūlha, “boot”).

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