"Doan" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Doans [plural]
Etymology: Various origins: * Variant of Doane. * Borrowed from Vietnamese Đoàn. Doublet of Duan. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|vi|Đoàn}} Borrowed from Vietnamese Đoàn, {{doublet|en|Duan}} Doublet of Duan Head templates: {{en-proper noun|s}} Doan (plural Doans)
  1. A surname.
    Sense id: en-Doan-en-name-EMUC1F3L Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A surname.
    A surname from Irish. Alternative form of Doane.
    Sense id: en-Doan-en-name-0PKk8phK Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 73 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 57 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 65 19
  3. A surname.
    A surname from Vietnamese.
    Sense id: en-Doan-en-name-kr7bapRN Categories (other): English surnames

Inflected forms

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