"Susan" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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-/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Susan.wav [Southern-England] 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: {{m|en|Susanna}} Susanna, {{cog|hbo|שׁוֹשַׁנָּה||lily|tr=šōšannā}} Biblical Hebrew ⁧שׁוֹשַׁנָּה⁩ (šōšannā, “lily”), {{l|egy|zšn}} zšn, {{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), Suusaat (Greenlandic), Kukana (Hawaiian), ⁧שׁוֹשַׁנָּה⁩ (shoshána) (Hebrew), Zsuzsanna (Hungarian), Zsuzsa (Hungarian), 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 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: 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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        {
          "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,",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Anne Tyler, Digging to America, Alfred A. Knopf, 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!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A female given name from Hebrew."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsuː.zən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsuː.zɪn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsjuː-/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uːzən"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Syzana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "swzān",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "⁧سْوْزَان⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "Šušan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Շուշան"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "蘇珊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Sūshān",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "苏珊"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuzana"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susanne"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Súsanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Suzanne"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susanne"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Souzána",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Σουζάνα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Sousánna",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Σουσάννα"
    },
    {
      "code": "kl",
      "lang": "Greenlandic",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Suusaat"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Kukana"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "shoshána",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "⁧שׁוֹשַׁנָּה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Zsuzsanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Zsuzsa"
    },
    {
      "code": "iu",
      "lang": "Inuktitut",
      "roman": "soosan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "ᓲᓴᓐ"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Sūzan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "スーザン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Sujan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "수잔"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuzanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Suzana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Súzana",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Су́зана"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Suzána",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Суза́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Hūhana"
    },
    {
      "code": "se",
      "lang": "Northern Sami",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susánná"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susanne"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Susana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "suzân",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "⁧سوزان⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuzanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Susánna",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Суса́нна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sjuzánna",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Сюза́нна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sʹjúzan",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Сью́зан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Сузана"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Suzana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Zuzana"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Susanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "word": "Suzan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "female given name",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Siwsan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Susan"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Susa",
        "3": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Susa + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Susa + -an",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Susan (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Susa."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Susa",
          "Susa"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Susa."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Susan"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "Susa",
        "3": "an"
      },
      "expansion": "Susa + -an",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Susa + -an",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Susans",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Susan (plural Susans)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with historical senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person from the ancient city of Susa."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "person",
          "person"
        ],
        [
          "ancient",
          "ancient"
        ],
        [
          "city",
          "city"
        ],
        [
          "Susa",
          "Susa"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(historical) A person from the ancient city of Susa."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Susan"
}

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