"Cann" meaning in English

See Cann in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Forms: Canns [plural]
Etymology: * As an Irish surname, reduced from McCann. * As an English surname, from Cann in Dorset. The place name could be from Old English can, referring to a deep valley. * Americanized from Kann, Kahn. Etymology templates: {{der|en|ga|-}} Irish, {{der|en|ang|cann|can}} Old English can Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~|Canns}} Cann (countable and uncountable, plural Canns)
  1. A surname. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-Cann-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A small village and civil parish (served by Melbury Abbas and Cann Parish Council) in north Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST8721). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (place): Civil parishes of England, Places in Dorset, England, Places in England, Villages in Dorset, England, Villages in England
    Sense id: en-Cann-en-name-4-d7-cwn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 92

Inflected forms

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