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Ian
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Appendix:Variations of "ian"
English
Alternative forms
en Iain
Etymology
en :bor gd:Eòin + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈiː.ən/ /ˈaɪ.ən/
en En-us-Ian.oga GA
en iːən aɪən 2
Proper noun
en male gd:Eòin John.
en 1975 w:Robertson Davies World of Wonders 0670817902 736 “If you want a Scotch name why don’t you call him Jock?” Macgregor looked disgusted. “Because Jock is not a name, but a diminutive, as everybody knows well. It is the diminutive of John. And John is not a Scots name. The Scots form of that name is Ian. If you want to call him Ian Fetch, I shall say no more”.
en 2011 May 4 Ian Tomlinson w:The Guardian Unlawfully killed by the law https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/04/editorial-ian-tomlinson-inquest-verdict After an inquest's ruling yesterday, it is now official that the newspaper vendor, Ian Tomlinson, was unlawfully killed amid the policing of the G20 protests in 2009. Many who saw the footage the Guardian obtained, which showed PC Simon Harwood striking Mr Tomlinson just before his death, will regard the verdict as a statement of the blindingly obvious. https://web.archive.org/web/20160310090502/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/may/04/editorial-ian-tomlinson-inquest-verdict
Derived terms
en Ianson IDS
Related terms
en Sean Ivan Jon Evan Jean,Sìne<qq:female Scottish form of "Jane" from "John">
Translations
male given name
Arabic: ar إيان
Belarusian: be Ян m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 伊恩 Yī'ēn
Finnish: fi Ian, fi Juha, fi Juho
Greek: el Ίαν transliteration from English
Japanese: ja イアン Ian
Korean: ko ^이언
Latvian: transliteration lv Jans m
Russian: ru Ян m, ru Иэн m
Spanish: es Iván m, es Juan m
References
Concerning the names Iain, Ian, and Eoin by Josh Mittleman
Anagrams
en ain nai AIN INA Nia Ani Ain NIA ani ain' ANI Ina nia ain
Cebuano
Etymology
From ceb en Ian, from ceb gd Eóin, from ceb sga Iohain, from ceb la Iōannēs, from ceb grc Ἰωάννης, from ceb he יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān God is gracious.
Proper noun
ceb proper noun
ceb male Scottish Gaelic
ceb female
Quotations
ceb
Anagrams
ceb ani nia
ceb unisex given names from English unisex given names from Scottish Gaelic
Central Bikol
Etymology
From bcl en Ian, from bcl gd Eóin.
Noun
bcl noun
bcl male Scottish Gaelic
Hokkien
燕#Chinese:_proper poj Yan (proper noun)
Kapampangan
Etymology
pam en Ian, from pam gd Eóin.
Noun
pam male Scottish Gaelic
Portuguese
Etymology
pt :ubor en:Ian + 1 João,Ivan,Jean,Ruan,Geovane
Pronunciation
ían,i.an,ian
Proper noun
m
pt male English
Tagalog
Etymology
tl en Ian, from tl gd Eòin, from tl sga Iohain, from tl la Iōannēs, from tl grc Ἰωάννης, from tl he יוֹחָנָן Yôḥānān God is gracious.
Pronunciation
Ían
Proper noun
Iyan
tl male en:Ian < gd:Eòin John