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uhlan

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˈ(j)uːlən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ˈuˌlɑn/
  • US: /uˈlɑn/

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noun

Meaning 1

A lancer, a soldier armed with a lance in a former light cavalry unit of the Polish, Prussian or German, Austrian, and Russian armies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From French uhlan, from German Uhlan, from Polish ułan, from Ottoman Turkish اوغلان (oğlan).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ulanlar — soldier with lance
  • Bulgarian: улан (ulan) — soldier with lance
  • Catalan: ulà — soldier with lance
  • Czech: hulán — soldier with lance
  • Dutch: ulaan — soldier with lance
  • Finnish: ulaani — soldier with lance
  • French: uhlan — soldier with lance
  • West-Frisian: ulan — soldier with lance
  • Galician: ulano — soldier with lance
  • German: Ulan — soldier with lance
  • Greek: ουλάνος (oulános) — soldier with lance
  • Hungarian: ulánus — soldier with lance
  • Hungarian: dzsidás — soldier with lance
  • Italian: ulano — soldier with lance
  • Japanese: ウーラン (ūran) — soldier with lance
  • Kazakh: ұлан (ūlan) — soldier with lance
  • Lithuanian: ulonai — soldier with lance
  • Marathi: ऊलन (ūlan) — soldier with lance
  • Norwegian: ulan — soldier with lance
  • Polish: ułan — soldier with lance
  • Portuguese: ulano — soldier with lance
  • Russian: улан (ulan) — soldier with lance
  • Serbo-Croatian: улани — soldier with lance
  • Sicilian: ulanu — soldier with lance
  • Slovene: ulanec — soldier with lance
  • Spanish: ulano — soldier with lance
  • Swedish: ulan — soldier with lance
  • Ukrainian: улан (ulan) — soldier with lance
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