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Fan
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Appendix:Variations of "fan"
English
Etymology 1
Shortening of en Fanny, itself a short form of en Frances.
Proper noun
A diminutive of Frances.
en 1870 Thomas Wright The bane of a life 2 109 I see now what brings you about our house so much. You want to get hold of Fan and her business and little savings for yourself, do you?
en 1917 Edna Ferber Fanny Herself 173 Listen, Fan. That cowardly, sickly little boy you fought for in the street, that day in Winnebago, showed every sign of growing up a cowardly, sickly man.
Etymology 2
Fan County
From en cmn 范 Fàn.
Pronunciation
fäncf. Fanhsien 603 2
Proper noun
en county prefecture-level city/Puyang province/Henan c/China.
en 1966 Tien-chien Hwang Communist China's Setbacks and Internal Tensions in 1965 https://books.google.com/books?id=z7JwAAAAMAAJ 2 2422226 17997023M 34 In a report boasting of the rich supply of commodities in Fan County of Honan Province , the Peiping Ta Kung Pao of 1 December 1965 pointed out: “ Within 10 days before the autumn festival of this year, the commercial organs in Fan County[...]
en 1980 Li Mingxin (Li Min-Hsin); Li Ping; Li Baorong (Li Pao-Jung) Recent Progress in Research on Esophageal Cancer in China Advances in Cancer Research https://archive.org/details/advancesincancer0033unse/ 33 w:Academic Press 0-12-006633-5 52-13360 646754313 193 https://archive.org/details/advancesincancer0033unse/page/193/ In a commune in Fanxian county, Henan province, a low-incidence area, two cases of pharyngoesophageal cancer were detected among 11,399 chickens over 6 months of age, showing an incidence rate of 17.55 per 100,000. on
en 2003 Yingpin (zh 张英聘) Zhang Chasing the Deer on the Central Plains Seeking Control of the Empire 中国历史与文明 The History and Civilization of China https://archive.org/details/historycivilizat0000zhan/ 7-5073-1360-3 60520857 38 https://archive.org/details/historycivilizat0000zhan/page/38/ In 341 B. C., King Wei of Qi chose Tian Ji and Tian Ying as general, Sun Bin as military counselor to lead the troops in fighting against Wei to rescue Han. Again, they gave Wei Battle of Maling a severe blow at Maling (to the southwest of modern Fan County, Henan Province).
en 15 December 2012 China Digest, December 15, 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121217053414/https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1105597/china-digest-december-15-2012 17 December 2012 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1105597/china-digest-december-15-2012 w:South China Morning Post 1563-9371 648902513 China A young entrepreneur who stunned friends and family by quitting his job in Beijing to be a farmer in his hometown of Fan county has made himself a multimillionaire selling organic produce,
en 2015 Keisuke Ikehata; Yao Jin; Nima Maleky; Aijun Lin Heavy Metal Pollution in Water Resources in China—Occurrences and Public Health Implications Sanjay K. Sharma Heavy Metals In Water: Presence, Removal and Safety https://books.google.com/books?id=e2ooDwAAQBAJ w:Royal Society of Chemistry 978-1-84973-677-0 883480662 160 https://books.google.com/books?id=e2ooDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA160 They found that the concentration of iron, manganese, selenium and zinc in groundwater exceeded the standards in some of the study areas, including Wucheng County, Dong'e County, Guan County and Yucheng City in Shandong, as well as Fan County in Henan.
en 2019 Liu Luwen; et al. Initial Experience of the Synchronized, Real-Time, Interactive, Remote Transthoracic Echocardiogram Consultation System in Rural China: Longitudinal Observational Study Journal of Medical Internet Research JMIR Medical Informatics https://medinform.jmir.org/2019/3/e14248 7 3 10.2196/14248 2291-9694 920440506 The average trip expense per time for each patient from Fan County People’s Hospital of Puyang City or Zhenping County People’s Hospital of Nanyang City to Henan Provincial People’s Hospital by common transportation vehicles was 100 RMB. https://web.archive.org/web/20260521071350/https://medinform.jmir.org/2019/3/e14248/ 21 May 2026
en Mandarin.
Synonyms
en Fanxian county
Translations
county; surname
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 范
Mandarin: cmn 范 Fàn
Japanese: ja
References
Further reading
en 2008 Fan Xian Saul B. Cohen The Columbia Gazetteer of the World https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/ 2nd 1 New York Columbia University Press 978-0-231-14554-1 2008009181 212893637 1203 https://archive.org/details/columbiagazettee0000unse_l7h3/page/1203/ 3
Anagrams
en afn AFN ANF FNA NAF NFA
German
Etymology
de :bor en:fan<id:admirer>
de en fan admirer, short for en fanatic.
Pronunciation
de [fɛn]
de De-Fan.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Fenn
Noun
m,,s
fan, devotee
de Anhänger Bewunderer Getreuer Jünger Sympathisant Verehrer
de Gegner Nichtfan
de ein riesiger Fan a huge fan
Declension
m,,s
Hypernyms
de Person, de Mensch
Derived terms
de Fanartikel Fanbetreuer Fangemeinde Fanklub Fankurve Fanmeile Fanshop Fußballfan
Related terms
de fanatisch Fanatiker Fanzine
Further reading
Occitan
oc:
Etymology
From oc la fanum.
Proper noun
m
oc village and former commune in the dept/Aude r/Occitania c/France Fa
oc Fan e Rovenac
Derived terms
oc Fan e Rovenac La Ròca de Fan
Descendants
fr Fa 1
Tày
Pronunciation
Proper noun
tyz proper noun
tyz France country continent/Europe
References