See Phan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"2": "hak",
"3": "潘",
"tr": "pān"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Hakka 潘 (pān)",
"name": "bor+"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hakka 潘 (pān).",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "Phan",
"name": "en-proper noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English surnames",
"English surnames from Hakka"
],
"glosses": [
"A surname from Hakka."
],
"links": [
[
"surname",
"surname"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-au-Phan.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/6a/En-au-Phan.ogg/En-au-Phan.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/En-au-Phan.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
]
}
],
"word": "Phan"
}
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