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Webster 1913 Edition

Longan

Lon′gan

,

Noun.

(Bot.)

A pulpy fruit related to the litchi, and produced by an evergreen East Indian

longanberry

(

Nephelium Longan

).

Definition 2024

longan

longan

English

Longan fruits

Noun

longan ‎(plural longans)

An evergreen tree, Dimocarpus longan, of the Sapindaceae family, native to southern China.
The fruit from the longan tree.

Translations

tree

Chinese:

Cantonese: 龍眼, 龙眼 ‎(lung⁴ ngaan⁵)

Hakka: 牛眼 ‎(ngiù-ngién)

Mandarin: 龍眼 (zh), 龙眼 (zh) ‎(lóngyǎn)

Min Nan: 龍眼 (zh-min-nan), 龙眼 ‎(lêng-géng, gêng-gíng)

French: longanier (fr) m
Khmer: មៀន (km) ‎(miən)
Mongolian: лууны нүд ‎(luuny nüd)
Portuguese: longana f
Vietnamese: nhãn (vi)

fruit

Chinese:

Cantonese: 龍眼, 龙眼 ‎(lung⁴ ngaan⁵)

Hakka: 牛眼 ‎(ngiù-ngién)

Mandarin: 龍眼 (zh), 龙眼 (zh) ‎(lóngyǎn)

Min Nan: 龍眼 (zh-min-nan), 龙眼 ‎(lêng-géng, gêng-gíng)
French: longane (fr) m
Indonesian: lengkeng (id), kelengkeng (id)
Japanese: 竜眼 ‎(ryukan)

Javanese: klèngkèng (jv)
Khmer: មៀន (km) ‎(miən)
Korean: 롱간 ‎(long-gan)
Lao: ໝາກລຳໄຍ (lo) ‎(māk lam nyai)
Mongolian: лууны нүд ‎(luuny nüd)
Portuguese: longana f, longan m
Thai: ลำไย ‎(lamyai)
Vietnamese: nhãn (vi)

Esperanto

Adjective

longan

accusative singular of longa

Portuguese

Noun

longan m (plural longans)

longan (fruit of the longan tree)

Synonyms

longana