棉兰老岛 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 棉蘭老島 miánlánlǎodǎo ㄇㄧㄢˊ ㄌㄢˊ ㄌㄠˇ ㄉㄠˇ Mindanao (island in the Philippines) Character by character 棉(mián)generic term for cotton or kapok 兰(lán)surname Lan 老(lǎo)prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity 岛(dǎo)island A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0