"Susan" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Susa + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Susa|an}} Susa + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Susan (not comparable)
  1. (historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Susa. Tags: historical, not-comparable
    Sense id: en-Susan-en-adj-DN0VwXZb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: /ˈsuː.zən/, /ˈsuː.zɪn/, /ˈsjuː-/ [archaic] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Susan.wav Forms: Susans [plural]
Rhymes: -uːzən Etymology: English form of the biblical Susanna, from Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā, “lily”), ultimately from Egyptian z:S:n-M9 (zšn). Etymology templates: {{cog|hbo|שׁוֹשַׁנָּה||lily|tr=šōšannā}} Biblical Hebrew שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (šōšannā, “lily”), {{der|en|egy|<hiero>z:S:n-M9</hiero>|tr=zšn}} Egyptian z:S:n-M9 (zšn) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Susans}} Susan (plural Susans)
  1. A female given name from Hebrew. Categories (topical): English female given names, English given names Derived forms: Susanville Translations (female given name): Syzana [feminine] (Albanian), سْوْزَان (swzān) [feminine] (Arabic), Շուշան (Šušan) (Armenian), 蘇珊 (Chinese Mandarin), 苏珊 (Sūshān) (Chinese Mandarin), Zuzana [feminine] (Czech), Susanne (Danish), Susana (Esperanto), Súsanna [feminine] (Faroese), Susanna (Finnish), Suzanne (French), Susanne (German), Σουζάνα (Souzána) (Greek), Σουσάννα (Sousánna) (Greek), Σούζαν (Soúzan) [transliteration] (Greek), Suusaat (Greenlandic), Kukana (Hawaiian), שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (shoshána) (Hebrew), Zsuzsanna (Hungarian), Zsuzsa (Hungarian), Susana (Ingrian), ᓲᓴᓐ (soosan) (Inuktitut), Susanna (Italian), スーザン (Sūzan) (Japanese), 수잔 (Sujan) (Korean), Zuzanna [feminine] (Latvian), Suzana [feminine] (Lithuanian), Су́зана (Súzana) [feminine] (Macedonian), Суза́на (Suzána) [feminine] (Macedonian), Hūhana (Maori), Susánná (Northern Sami), Susanne (Norwegian), Susana [feminine] (Occitan), سوزان (suzân) (Persian), Zuzanna [feminine] (Polish), Susana (Portuguese), Суса́нна (Susánna) [feminine] (Russian), Сюза́нна (Sjuzánna) [feminine] (Russian), Сью́зан (Sʹjúzan) [feminine] (Russian), Сузана [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Suzana [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Zuzana [feminine] (Slovak), Susana (Spanish), Susanna (Swedish), Suzan (Turkish), Siwsan [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-Susan-en-name-O1-5jzaM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Greenlandic translations, Terms with Hawaiian translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Inuktitut translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Sami translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 91 9 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 0 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 91 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 93 2 Related terms: Susanna, Susannah, Susanne, Suzanna, Suzannah, Suzanne, Sue, Susie, Susy, Suze, Suzi, Suzie, Suzy, Zan, Susan B. Anthony
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Susans [plural]
Etymology: From Susa + -an. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Susa|an}} Susa + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Susan (plural Susans)
  1. (historical) A person from the ancient city of Susa. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-Susan-en-noun-BP0ZbDBJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Susan and she - God rest all Christian souls! - / Were of an age. Well, Susan is with God; / She was too good for me.",
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          "ref": "1855, Elizabeth Gaskell, North and South, Bernhard Tauchnitz, published 1855, page 382:",
          "text": "\"With all my heart, though I have not an idea who little Susan may be. But I have a kindness for all Susans, for simple Susan's sake.",
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          "ref": "1932, Ernest Weekley, Words and Names, J.Murray, page 84:",
          "text": "My own 'reaction' to the name Susan is a vision of a sturdy young woman garbed in 'print' and armed with a mop or other domestic implement, a picture compounded of a succession of domestic Susans passing before the eyes of early childhood. […] It is symptomatic of the game of general post now being played by the classes and the masses that Susan is taking refuge, with Betty, Peggy, Jane and Ann, among the aristocracy, while Gladys and Muriel reign below stairs,",
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          "ref": "2006, Anne Tyler, Digging to America, Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, pages 10, 62:",
          "text": "Susan, they called her. They chose a name that resembled the name she had come with, Sooki, and also it was a comfortable sound for Iranians to pronounce. \"Su-san!\" Maryam would sing when she went in to get her from her nap. \"Su-Su-Su!\"\nEven on issues pertaining to their daughter, the Yazdans took a very different approach. Imagine changing that charming name, Sooki, part of her native heritage, to plain old Susan!",
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          "sense": "female given name",
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          "sense": "female given name",
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          "sense": "female given name",
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          "sense": "female given name",
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          "lang": "Northern Sami",
          "sense": "female given name",
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          "sense": "female given name",
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          "sense": "female given name",
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "roman": "Susánna",
          "sense": "female given name",
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          "word": "Суса́нна"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Sjuzánna",
          "sense": "female given name",
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          "word": "Сюза́нна"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Sʹjúzan",
          "sense": "female given name",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Сью́зан"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "female given name",
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          "word": "Сузана"
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          "sense": "female given name",
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          "text": "Susan, they called her. They chose a name that resembled the name she had come with, Sooki, and also it was a comfortable sound for Iranians to pronounce. \"Su-san!\" Maryam would sing when she went in to get her from her nap. \"Su-Su-Su!\"\nEven on issues pertaining to their daughter, the Yazdans took a very different approach. Imagine changing that charming name, Sooki, part of her native heritage, to plain old Susan!",
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