Van

• IPA^(key): /væn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -æn
• Homophone: van

• In the United States, usually taken from a first name or surname.
• In Wales, from Y Fan, see Welsh fan.

Van

1. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Arkansas County, Arkansas.
   2. An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
   3. An unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon.
   4. A city in Van Zandt County, Texas.
   5. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
   6. A census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia.
2. A place in Wales:
   1. A community and suburb of Caerphilly in Caerphilly borough (OS grid ref ST1686). ^[1]
   2. A hamlet in Llanidloes Without community, Powys (OS grid ref SN9587).

Shortening.

Van

1. A diminutive of the female given name Vanessa.
2. 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.

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^[1] (in German)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɑn/

• Audio:

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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)

• Vanlı