Van

• IPA^(key): /væn/
• Rhymes: -æn
• Homophone: van

Shortening.

Van

1. A diminutive of the male given names Vance, Ivan, or Evan.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor:

     'Beautiful idea,' said Van as he helped Ada to heat the tank, fill the old battered bath and warm a couple of towels.

2. A city in Van Zandt County, Texas, United States.

Shortening.

Van

1. A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.

From Turkish Van, from Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van).

Van

1. A large saline tectonic lake of the Armenian Highland in eastern Turkey, famous for its Chalcalburnus tarichi (syn. Alburnus tarichi) fish and the 10th century Armenian cathedral on Akhtamar Island.
3. A province and metropolitan municipality in easternmost Turkey, partly surrounding the lake, with a Kurdish majority.
5. A city, the capital of Van Province, Turkey, on the shore of the lake.

Abbreviation of Vancouver.

• Van., VAN

Van

1. Abbreviation of Vancouver.

• East Van
• North Van
• South Van
• West Van

Backformed from Van cat and Turkish Van.

Van (plural Vans)

1. A Van cat.
2. A Turkish Van cat.

• AVN, NAV, NVA, nav

Borrowed from English van.

• IPA^(key): /væn/, /vɛn/, /vɛːn/

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Van m (strong, genitive Vans, plural Vans)

1. van

• “Van” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Ottoman Turkish وان (Van), from Middle Armenian Վան (Van).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑn/

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Van

1. Van (a province and metropolitan municipality in easternmost Turkey, partly surrounding the lake, with a Kurdish majority)
2. Van (a city, the capital of Van Province, Turkey, on the shore of the lake)

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