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jan
/d͡ʒæn/
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What does jan mean?
noun
- Initialism of Japanese Accepted Name.
proper noun
- Abbreviation of January.
- A male given name from Dutch.
More meanings (5)
proper noun
- A female given name.
- A male given name, equivalent to English John.
- Alternative letter-case form of Jan (“January”).
- (dated) A male given name from Hebrew.
noun
- (obsolete) Obsolete form of jinn.
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IPA pronunciation
/d͡ʒæn/
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Nina and Jan, and a little girl named Lucie, kept shyly pointing out to me the shelves of glass jars.
I cannot find by the dates you send me that I have received yours of Jan.
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Madison was Jefferson's most intimate friend, and was a member of congress at the time the above entry was made Jan.
“Ay—that I will, as the doctor said,” replied Mr. Clark, who, twenty years younger than Jan Coggan, revolved in the same orbit.
He learnt most, however, from the garrulity of a decayed beauty named Khanum Jan, who in her springtide had married a handsome tailor.