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- variant of 拉[la2] (Note: 剌 was the character used prior to simplification and remains the standard in Taiwan, while in mainland China, 拉 has replaced 剌)
- Oirat Mongols (alliance of tribes of Western Mongolia) (Ming Dynasty term)
- old Chinese name for Bengal, now written 孟加拉[Meng4 jia1 la1]
Trad. 滿剌加
- Ming Dynasty name for modern day Malacca
- see also 馬六甲|马六甲[Ma3 liu4 jia3]
Trad. 札馬剌丁
- see 紮馬剌丁|扎马剌丁[Za1 ma3 la2 ding1]
Trad. 紮馬剌丁
- Jamal al-Din ibn Muhammad al-Najjari (13th century), famous Persian astronomer and scholar who served Khubilai Khan 忽必烈 from c. 1260
