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Can
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can Appendix:Variations of "can"
English
Etymology 1
Proper noun
en river co/Essex cc/England which joins the River Chelmer in Chelmsford the River Can.
Etymology 2
en name :bor vi:Cần 1 +
Proper noun
en unisex Vietnamese.
en Jeff Winter;Casey Tolan;Scott Glover Gunman had been a regular patron at dance hall he attacked, according to people who knew him w:CNN https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/los-angeles-mass-shooting-01-22-2023#h_f1fca49e0d45931a594d4068b268cf07 2023-01-23 Police say Huu Can Tran, 72, opened fire at Star Ballroom Dance Studio in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park, on Saturday night, before fatally shooting himself after a manhunt across the region on Sunday. https://web.archive.org/web/20230330225231/https://edition.cnn.com/us/live-news/los-angeles-mass-shooting-01-22-2023/#h_f1fca49e0d45931a594d4068b268cf07
Etymology 3
Proper noun
en Can.
Anagrams
en acn ANC CNA NAC NCA
French
Proper noun
f
fr Coupe d'Afrique des nations; AFCON
Indonesian
Alternative forms
id Tjan chiefly pre-1947
Etymology 1
id yue - 陳 Can4. id Chan.
Proper noun
id Chinese Indonesian Cantonese.
Etymology 2
id nan-hbl 曾 Chan. id Chan.
Proper noun
id Chinese Indonesian Hokkien.
Occitan
oc:+ (vila)
Proper noun
oc proper noun
oc city department/Calvados c/France Caen
Turkish
Pronunciation
tr LL-Q256 (tur)-ToprakM-can.wav
tr an 1
tr can
Etymology 1
From tr can, from tr ota جان, from tr fa-cls جَان soul, vital spirit, life.
Noun
ı lar
tr male Persian
Declension
a d
See also
tr can
Etymology 2
Turkified version of the name Jan. From tr ady джан sharp, great and tr kbd жан sharp, smart. The name was altered to sound Turkish (resembling the Turkish word can) in order to avoid Kemalist bans on non-Turkish names and to make it easier to pronounce.
Proper noun
tr male West Circassian, popular among Circassians in Turkey.