勃蘭登堡

Brandenburg (e.g. gate, concertos)

flourishing / prosperous / suddenly / abruptly

surname Lan / abbr. for Lanzhou 蘭州|兰州[Lan2 zhou1], Gansu

orchid (蘭花|兰花 Cymbidium goeringii) / fragrant thoroughwort (蘭草|兰草 Eupatorium fortunei) / lily magnolia (木蘭|木兰)

to scale (a height) / to ascend / to mount / to publish or record / to enter (e.g. in a register) / to press down with the foot / to step or tread on / to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect) / to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old)

an earthwork / castle / position of defense / stronghold / used in place names, often as phonetic bao for "burg" or "bad"

variant of 鋪|铺[pu4] / used in place names