"Cen" meaning in All languages combined

See Cen on Wiktionary

Proper name [Albanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], Cen [indefinite, nominative, singular], Ceni [definite, nominative, singular], Cen [accusative, indefinite, singular], Cenin [accusative, definite, singular], Ceni [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite, singular], Cenit [definite, error-unrecognized-form, singular]
Head templates: {{head|sq|proper noun||{{{2}}}|g=m|head=|sort=}} Cen m, {{sq-proper noun|m}} Cen m Inflection templates: {{sq-decl-noun-unc|Cen|Ceni|4=Cenin|5=Ceni|6=Cenit}}
  1. a male given name Tags: masculine

Proper name [English]

Forms: Cens [plural]
Etymology: Chinese surname, Mandarin form of 岑 (cén). Etymology templates: {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese, {{der|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Cen (plural Cens)
  1. A surname.

Proper name [Indonesian]

IPA: /ˈt͡ʃən/ [Standard-Indonesian], [ˈt͡ʃən] [Standard-Indonesian] Forms: Tjen [alternative]
Rhymes: -ən Etymology: Borrowed from Hakka 曾 (céng). Etymology templates: {{bor+|id|hak|-}} Borrowed from Hakka, {{zh-m|曾}} 曾 (céng) Head templates: {{id-proper noun}} Cen
  1. a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hakka

Proper name [Old English]

IPA: /keːn/ Forms: Cēn [canonical, masculine]
Head templates: {{ang-proper noun|m|head=Cēn}} Cēn m
  1. a male given name

Proper name [Translingual]

Forms: Cen. [alternative]
Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun}} Cen
  1. (astronomy) IAU-designated abbreviation of Latin Centauri (the genitive form of the constellation Centaurus), as used in a star's Bayer designation

Inflected forms

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    }
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        },
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          "name": "Astronomy",
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          "source": "w"
        }
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          "Centaurus",
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        "(astronomy) IAU-designated abbreviation of Latin Centauri (the genitive form of the constellation Centaurus), as used in a star's Bayer designation"
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              78,
              83
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          ],
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    },
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    },
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        "a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hakka"
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      "tags": [
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        "Standard-Indonesian"
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    {
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          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
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}
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  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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        "Albanian proper nouns",
        "Albanian uncountable nouns",
        "Pages with 5 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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        "a male given name"
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          "text": "The most controversial Ch’ing figure during the boycott movement was probably Ts’en Ch’un-hsuan, the governor-general of Liangkwang. He was called the “suppressor” by certain boycotters, while American officials labeled him the “chief agitator.”",
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}

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        "a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hakka"
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        "Standard-Indonesian"
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}

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    }
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      "categories": [
        "Pages with 5 entries",
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        "IAU-designated abbreviation of Latin Centauri (the genitive form of the constellation Centaurus), as used in a star's Bayer designation"
      ],
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        "astronomy",
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}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.