萨马兰奇

Traditional form:

薩馬蘭奇

Pinyin (reading):

Sàmǎlánqí

Definitions:

• Juan Antonio Samaranch (1920-2010), Spanish Olympic official, president of International Olympic Committee 1980-2001

Characters:

• 萨 - Buddhist diety; used in transliterations
• 马 - horse; surname
• 兰 - orchid; elegant, graceful
• 奇 - strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult

Traditional characters:

• 薩 - Buddhist diety; used in transliterations
• 馬 - horse; surname
• 蘭 - orchid; elegant, graceful
• 奇 - strange, unusual, odd; uncanny, occult