"Yan" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

IPA: /jæn/
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 燕 (Yān). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|cmn-pinyin|-}} Hanyu Pinyin, {{uder|en|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{der|en|zh|燕|tr=Yān}} Chinese 燕 (Yān) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Yan
  1. (historical) An ancient march, duchy, and kingdom of northeastern China during the Zhou dynasty. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Yan-en-name-m0utLgYL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 23 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 13 40 35
  2. (historical) The realm of this land under later imperial Chinese dynasties. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Yan-en-name-cZmz0ISF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 23 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 13 40 35
  3. A mountain chain in northeastern China. Categories (place): Places in China Synonyms (mountains): Yanshan
    Sense id: en-Yan-en-name-2D7hpFyQ Disambiguation of Places in China: 27 4 51 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 23 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 13 40 35 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 25 27 48 Disambiguation of 'mountains': 5 9 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Yen (alt: Wade–Giles)
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [English]

IPA: /jæn/ Forms: Yans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|s}} Yan (plural Yans)
  1. A male given name, equivalent to English John. Categories (topical): English given names, English male given names Coordinate_terms: Jan, John, Jon, Yohan, Yon
    Sense id: en-Yan-en-name-j3GwulnD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 15 23 33 29 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 13 40 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name [Tagalog]

IPA: /ˈjan/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈjan] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜌᜈ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -an Etymology: From either Mandarin 顏/颜 (Yán) or Cantonese 甄 (jan¹). Etymology templates: {{bor|tl|cmn|-}} Mandarin, {{zh-l|^顏}} 顏/颜 (Yán), {{sup|1}} ¹, {{bor|tl|yue|甄|tr=jan¹}} Cantonese 甄 (jan¹) Head templates: {{tl-proper noun|b=+}} Yan (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜈ᜔)
  1. a surname from Mandarin or Cantonese of Chinese origin Synonyms: Gan

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "homophone": "'yan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Gan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Yan"
}

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