See Gan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"expansion": "甘 (Gān)",
"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "-"
},
"expansion": "Hokkien",
"name": "bor"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "顏",
"tr": "Gân"
},
"expansion": "顏／颜 (Gân)",
"name": "zh-l"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Mandarin 甘 (Gān), Hokkien 顏／颜 (Gân), etc.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Gans",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "Gan (countable and uncountable, plural Gans)",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English surnames"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
],
"tags": [
"countable",
"uncountable"
]
}
],
"word": "Gan"
}
{
"categories": [
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English proper nouns",
"English terms borrowed from Dhivehi",
"English terms derived from Dhivehi",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages with 4 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"en:Chinese",
"en:Languages"
],
"etymology_number": "4",
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "dv",
"3": "ގަން"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Dhivehi ގަން (gan̊)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Dhivehi ގަން (gan̊).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Gan",
"name": "en-prop"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Islands",
"en:Places in the Maldives"
],
"glosses": [
"A number of islands in the Maldives.",
"An industrial island of Addu."
],
"links": [
[
"islands",
"island"
],
[
"Maldives",
"Maldives#English"
],
[
"industrial",
"industrial"
],
[
"island",
"island"
],
[
"Addu",
"Addu#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Islands",
"en:Places in the Maldives"
],
"glosses": [
"A number of islands in the Maldives.",
"An uninhabited island of Gaafu Dhaalu."
],
"links": [
[
"islands",
"island"
],
[
"Maldives",
"Maldives#English"
],
[
"uninhabited",
"uninhabited"
],
[
"island",
"island"
],
[
"Gaafu Dhaalu",
"Gaafu Dhaalu#English"
]
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Islands",
"en:Places in the Maldives"
],
"glosses": [
"A number of islands in the Maldives.",
"A residential island of Laamu."
],
"links": [
[
"islands",
"island"
],
[
"Maldives",
"Maldives#English"
],
[
"residential",
"residential"
],
[
"island",
"island"
],
[
"Laamu",
"Laamu#English"
]
]
}
],
"word": "Gan"
}
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