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Uhlan \Uh"lan\, n. [G. uhlan, Pol. ulan, hulan, from Turk. ogl[=a]n a youth, lad; of Tartar origin.] [Written also ulan, and formerly hulan.]

  1. One of a certain description of militia among the Tartars.

  2. (Mil.) One of a kind of light cavalry of Tartaric origin, first introduced into European armies in Poland. They are armed with lances, pistols, and sabers, and are employed chiefly as skirmishers.

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Ulan (Rivermaya song)

"Ulan" is the first single released by Filipino rock band Rivermaya and also the first single released on their debut self-titled album in 1993. Produced by Chito Rono and Lizza G. Nakpil. "Ulan" was released as a single during the last quarter of 1993.

Written by rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Rico Blanco and Nathan Azarcon, the band's bassist. Blanco's keyboard solo was featured on the instrumental break. On the intro, the guitars were played by Blanco and Perf de Castro.

Usage examples of "ulan".

He was squatting by the cook-fire of Maral, talking with her and with Ulan, when from down the gorge there sounded the whistled signal of the Clovians announcing the approach of a friendly party and an instant later a youth rounded the shoulder of the cliff and entered the village.

Apart from the immensely thorough medical examinations their specialists had given him - and this hospital at Ulan Bator was the main therapy centre for WHO in all Asia, with staff commensurate - there were such minor luxuries as this chair in which he sat.

The next best thing was to be here at the therapy centre in Ulan Bator, where those who knew him had outgrown their first instinctive reactions, and those who did not know him could assume he was a patient like themselves.

He had a sense of something like tranquillity, contrasting with the frenzied modernity of Ulan Bator with its cosmopolitan influx of strangers.

Ulan Bator today brought in eighteen-year-old Mary Hall, the deaf-and-dumb girl who befriended novice telepathist Gerry Howson.

I just told them about my work at Ulan Bator, and Jill says she wants to be a nurse anyway.

Ulan Bator hospital was due to a desire to see as many patients as possible feel indebted to him?

The atmosphere and appearance of this place was very much like what he was used to at Ulan Bator, Howson found.

Ulan Bator, which for your information is the black market downloading capital of Asia.

An Ulan Bator handling agent retrieves the stack, and, for a hefty bribe, makes a copy.

Absolutely no one ever chose to go to Lagos as Lagos ran Ulan Bator close in career non-advancement.

An international team of paleoseismologists was assembled, and I was called from the Great Boneyard of the Gobi by my superiors at the Mongolian Academy of Sciences at Ulan Bator to leave my triceratops and fly to the middle of hell on earth, the great sand ocean of the Sahara, to assist in excavating and analyzing what some said would be the discovery of the age.

Ulan Bator was the origin of the name Ulanor, even though the city the announcer was talking about was now -- now?

And the streets and houses themselves - though they may prove to be slum property in Ulan Bator - must have about them certain traits common to all human experience which we recognize, so that we can see that those characters truly live in those houses.

Lest you conclude that I had been raised in Ulan Bator, I might remind you that in 1973, when I met Mr.