"Vegan" meaning in English

See Vegan in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈviːɡən/, /ˈveɪɡən/
Etymology: Vega + -an Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Vega|an}} Vega + -an Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} Vegan (not comparable)
  1. Relating to the star Vega. Tags: not-comparable Translations (relating to Vega): vegalainen (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-Vegan-en-adj-SRU46y00
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈviːɡən/, /ˈveɪɡən/ Forms: Vegans [plural]
Etymology: Vega + -an Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|Vega|an}} Vega + -an Head templates: {{en-noun}} Vegan (plural Vegans)
  1. (science fiction) Someone from the vicinity of the star Vega. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Celestial inhabitants Translations (someone from Vega): vegano (Esperanto), vegalainen (Finnish), Végan [masculine] (French), Végane [feminine] (French), Weganer [masculine] (German), Weganerin [feminine] (German), vegano [masculine] (Portuguese), vegano [masculine] (Spanish), vegana [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-Vegan-en-noun-mPZHl~PD Disambiguation of Celestial inhabitants: 4 47 40 4 4 Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -an Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 37 63 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: Vegans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Vegan (plural Vegans)
  1. Short for Las Vegan (“someone from Las Vegas”). Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: Las Vegan (extra: someone from Las Vegas) Categories (topical): Celestial inhabitants, Demonyms
    Sense id: en-Vegan-en-noun-wu7IFFFc Disambiguation of Celestial inhabitants: 4 47 40 4 4 Disambiguation of Demonyms: 8 16 61 8 8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 24 57 6 6
  2. Someone from Vega in Norway.
    Sense id: en-Vegan-en-noun-E9uA7nXw
  3. Someone from Vega in Sweden.
    Sense id: en-Vegan-en-noun-29MbrjoZ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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